House roll call 304 · 50th Congress · Feb 25, 1889
To adopt a resolution providing for the seating of frank a. Sullivan from the fifth congressional district of california, in the 50th Congress, in reference to
On Feb 25, 1889, the House voted 143–39. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 113–1, Republicans 28–37, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 143
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 146
- Date
- Feb 25, 1889
By party
- Democrats113 yes · 1 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 37 no · 89 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted yes
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY voted yes
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- John Kean R-NJ voted yes
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted yes
- Jacob Romeis R-OH voted yes
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted yes
- Smedley Darlington R-PA voted yes
- John Dalzell R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA voted yes
- William Embre Gaines R-VA voted yes
- Henry Bowen R-VA voted yes
- Jacob Yost R-VA voted yes
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted yes
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French 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
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-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
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-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
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-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
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson 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
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-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
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- 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
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Stephen Van Culen White 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
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Joseph Lyman 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
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- 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
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen 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
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker 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
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-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
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson 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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