House roll call 291 · 50th Congress · Feb 18, 1889
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of resolution regarding the contested election of sullivan versus felton. (p. 2031-1)
On Feb 18, 1889, the House voted 71–142. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–116, Republicans 66–22, Others 1–4, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 71
- No
- 142
- Did not vote
- 115
- Date
- Feb 18, 1889
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 116 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Republicans66 yes · 22 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Marion Biggs D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted no
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS voted no
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
- William Warner R-MO voted no
- John Kean R-NJ voted no
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY voted no
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted no
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH voted no
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
- John Patton R-PA voted no
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA voted no
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Nichols I-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams 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
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- 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
- Carlos French D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- 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
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson 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
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Erastus Johnson Turner 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
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney 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
- William Warner R-MO
- John Edward Hutton 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
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings 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
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-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
- William Elliott D-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington 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
- 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
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Melbourne Haddock Ford 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 Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-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
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-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
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley 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
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill 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
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- 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
- 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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