House roll call 49 · 50th Congress · Mar 16, 1888
To concur on the Senate amendment to H. R. 6437, (25 stat 47, 3/30/88), a bill providing for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in appropriation for the se
On Mar 16, 1888, the House voted 107–143 (HR 6437). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–126, Republicans 102–14, Others 3–2, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 107
- No
- 143
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Mar 16, 1888
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 126 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Republicans102 yes · 14 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA voted no
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- James Bain White R-IN voted no
- William Whiting R-MA voted no
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted no
- Henry William Seymour R-MI voted no
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY voted no
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted no
- James Jerome Belden R-NY voted no
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- John Lynch D-PA voted yes
- Jacob Yost R-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- 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
- Joseph Lyman R-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
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson 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
- Alvin Peterson Hovey 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
- 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
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- George Edwin Bowden R-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
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert 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
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard 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
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- 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
- John Randolph Neal 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
- 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
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Vandever R-CA
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- George Hires R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark 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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