House roll call 239 · 50th Congress · Jan 8, 1889
To order the previous question on the resolution relating to the calling of the states and territories. (p. 598-2)
On Jan 8, 1889, the House voted 188–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 97–6, Democrats 88–13, Others 3–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 50th Congress (1887–1888), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 188
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 120
- Date
- Jan 8, 1889
By party
- Democrats88 yes · 13 no · 67 didn’t vote
- Republicans97 yes · 6 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted no
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Silas Hare D-TX voted no
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- George West R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- John Lind R-MN
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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