House roll call 262 · 50th Congress · Jan 22, 1889
To consider the resolution regarding contested election case of smalls versus elliot from the seventh congressional district of south carolina. (p. 1107-1)
On Jan 22, 1889, the House voted 106–109. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–89, Republicans 88–19, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 106
- No
- 109
- Did not vote
- 111
- Date
- Jan 22, 1889
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 89 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Republicans88 yes · 19 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted yes
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL voted no
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL voted yes
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted no
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted yes
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA voted no
- William Cogswell R-MA voted no
- John Edwards Russell D-MA voted yes
- William Whiting R-MA voted no
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted no
- Henry William Seymour R-MI voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- Frederick George Barry D-MS voted yes
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY voted no
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY voted no
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Romeis R-OH voted no
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- George Washington Crouse R-OH voted no
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA voted no
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN voted yes
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- Jacob Yost R-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Vandever R-CA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- George West R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar 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
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Carlos French D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting 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
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy 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
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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