House roll call 310 · 50th Congress · Feb 28, 1889
To amend H. R. 11651, a bill making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the district of columbia for fiscal 1890, by an amendment, p
On Feb 28, 1889, the House voted 94–131 (HR 11651). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–93, Republicans 73–34, Others 0–4, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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
- 94
- No
- 131
- Did not vote
- 103
- Date
- Feb 28, 1889
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 93 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Republicans73 yes · 34 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA voted no
- William Vandever R-CA voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted no
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL voted no
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN voted no
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted no
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted yes
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY voted no
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD voted yes
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Edmund Rice D-MN voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- William Warner R-MO voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- James Peter Walker D-MO voted yes
- John Morehead Brower R-NC voted no
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH voted yes
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH voted no
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH voted no
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
- George Washington Crouse R-OH voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Smedley Darlington R-PA voted no
- Franklin Bound R-PA voted no
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA voted yes
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Nichols I-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand 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
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- 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
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert 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
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson 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
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-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
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin 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
- 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
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney 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
- George West R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
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