House roll call 294 · 50th Congress · Feb 20, 1889
To table motion to reconsider the vote agreeing to consideration of the conference report on bill S. 139. (p. 2107-1)
On Feb 20, 1889, the House voted 160–76 (S 139). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 124–0, Democrats 33–75, Others 2–1, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 160
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 92
- Date
- Feb 20, 1889
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 75 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Republicans124 yes · 0 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted yes
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted yes
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD voted yes
- Barnes Compton D-MD voted yes
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Wilson D-MN voted yes
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN voted yes
- Edmund Rice D-MN voted yes
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted yes
- John Edward Hutton D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS voted yes
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Rowland D-NC voted yes
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted yes
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- 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
- Adoniram Judson Holmes 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
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-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
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan 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
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson 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
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- 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
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman 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 Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood 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
- 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
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-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
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry Bowen 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
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-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
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- James Edward Cobb 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
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- 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
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-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
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- William Henry Hatch 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
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- 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
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold 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
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Henry Smith O-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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