House roll call 32 · 50th Congress · Feb 17, 1888
To amend H. R. 6437, (25 stat 47, 3/3/88) providing for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriation for the service of the government for the f
On Feb 17, 1888, the House voted 182–53 (HR 6437). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 63–53, Republicans 116–0, Others 4–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 53 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
- 182
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 91
- Date
- Feb 17, 1888
By party
- Democrats63 yes · 53 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Republicans116 yes · 0 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Taylor Jones D-AL voted no
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT voted no
- Charles Dougherty D-FL voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted no
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted no
- John David Stewart D-GA voted no
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
- Polk Laffoon D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA voted no
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted no
- Edmund Rice D-MN voted no
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO voted no
- John Edward Hutton D-MO voted no
- John Mills Allen D-MS voted no
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted no
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC voted no
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC voted no
- Alfred Rowland D-NC voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- Norman Hall D-PA voted no
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted no
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted no
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
- George William Dargan D-SC voted no
- William Elliott D-SC voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN voted no
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN voted no
- William Harrison Martin D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Silas Hare D-TX voted no
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted no
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-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
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-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
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- 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
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano 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
- 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
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- 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
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne 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
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-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
- 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
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- 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
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Carlos French D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 6437, (25 stat 47, 3/3/88)…: House Vote, Feb 17, 1888,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/50-H-32/to-amend-h-r-6437-25-stat-47-3 (accessed 2026-10-17).