House roll call 290 · 50th Congress · Feb 18, 1889
To order a call of the house, motion made during consideration of resolution, regarding contested election of sullivan versus felton. (p. 2030-2)
On Feb 18, 1889, the House voted 128–47. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 108–0, Republicans 17–45, Others 3–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 128
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 153
- Date
- Feb 18, 1889
By party
- Democrats108 yes · 0 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 45 no · 92 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Vandever R-CA voted yes
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted yes
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted yes
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted yes
- George Hires R-NJ voted yes
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted yes
- John Patton R-PA voted yes
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted yes
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
- 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
- William Vandever R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-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
- John Milton Glover 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
- 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
- George Hires R-NJ
- Felix Campbell 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
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott 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 Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Nichols I-NC
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Carlos French D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-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
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- 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
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-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
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings 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
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- George West R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer 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
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer 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
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Silas Hare D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- 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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