House roll call 28 · 50th Congress · Feb 2, 1888
To recommit with instructions H. R. 4910, a bill amending section 14, of an act approved 3/3/79, entitled "an act making appropriations for the service of the p
On Feb 2, 1888, the House voted 117–151 (HR 4910). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–130, Republicans 106–19, Others 3–2, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 117
- No
- 151
- Did not vote
- 59
- Date
- Feb 2, 1888
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 130 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans106 yes · 19 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA voted no
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA voted yes
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA voted no
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted no
- William Warner R-MO voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted yes
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY voted yes
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted no
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
- John Patton R-PA voted no
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted no
- John Robert Brown R-VA voted no
- Richard William Guenther R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger 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
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- George West R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-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
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- 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
- Joseph Wheeler 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
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Carlos French D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty 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
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- 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
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-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
- John Joseph O'Neill 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
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- James Phelan 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Did not vote
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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