House roll call 295 · 50th Congress · Feb 20, 1889
To agree to the report of the conference committee on S. 139. (p. 2113-1)
On Feb 20, 1889, the House voted 168–87 (S 139). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 128–0, Democrats 40–86, Others 3–2, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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
- 168
- No
- 87
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Feb 20, 1889
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 86 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Republicans128 yes · 0 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA voted yes
- Marion Biggs D-CA voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted yes
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted yes
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted yes
- Barnes Compton D-MD voted yes
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI voted yes
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI voted yes
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN voted yes
- Edmund Rice D-MN voted yes
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY voted yes
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell 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
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted yes
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- William Elliott 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
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger 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
- 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
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman 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
- 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
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Edward James Gay 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
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle 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
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson 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
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss 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
- 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
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-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
- Alfred Crout Harmer 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
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- William Elliott 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
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-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
- 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
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- 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
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting 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
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- 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
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare 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
- Henry Smith O-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- 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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