House roll call 78 · 50th Congress · Apr 4, 1888
To order a call of the house, motion made during debate on S. 139. (p. 2715-2)
On Apr 4, 1888, the House voted 130–13. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 92–1, Democrats 34–12, Others 3–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 130
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 185
- Date
- Apr 4, 1888
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 12 no · 122 didn’t vote
- Republicans92 yes · 1 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Carlos French D-CT voted no
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted no
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- Thomas Wilson D-MN voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- James Peter Walker D-MO voted no
- John Morehead Brower R-NC voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
- John Randolph Neal D-TN voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- 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
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- William Ernest Mason 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
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-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
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker 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
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman 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
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- John Robert Brown 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
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Carlos French D-CT
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
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
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- 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
- 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
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas 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
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- William Whiting R-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
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell 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
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- George West R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy 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
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- James Phelan 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
- 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
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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