House roll call 66 · 50th Congress · Apr 4, 1888
To order the previous question on a motion that debate of S. 139 be limited to one hour. S. 139 is a bill providing that the several states, territories, and t
On Apr 4, 1888, the House voted 169–28 (S 139). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 116–0, Democrats 50–27, Others 2–1, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 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
- 169
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 131
- Date
- Apr 4, 1888
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 27 no · 91 didn’t vote
- Republicans116 yes · 0 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted no
- Polk Laffoon D-KY voted no
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- John Edward Hutton D-MO voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted no
- Alfred Rowland D-NC voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- John Randolph Neal D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN voted no
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted no
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted no
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason 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
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- 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
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- 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
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- James Laird R-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
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- George West R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting 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
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee 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
- 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
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- 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
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- 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
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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