House roll call 273 · 50th Congress · Feb 6, 1889
To consider S. 2547, (25 stat 1284, 2/23/89), a bill to increase the pension of MRS. Matilda wilkins emory. (p.1576)
On Feb 6, 1889, the House voted 103–98 (S 2547). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–93, Republicans 92–4, Others 2–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 13 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
- 103
- No
- 98
- Did not vote
- 127
- Date
- Feb 6, 1889
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 93 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Republicans92 yes · 4 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-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
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- George West R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- James Jerome Belden 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
- George Ebbert Seney 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
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively 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
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery 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
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- 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
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- 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
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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