House roll call 97 · 50th Congress · Apr 6, 1888
To adjourn, made during consideration of bill S. 139. (p. 2779-1)
On Apr 6, 1888, the House voted 14–165. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–112, Democrats 14–51, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 165
- Did not vote
- 149
- Date
- Apr 6, 1888
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 51 no · 103 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 112 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL voted yes
- John Edwards Russell D-MA voted yes
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD voted yes
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- John Randolph Neal D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted yes
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted yes
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted yes
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Carlos French D-CT
- 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
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt 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
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-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
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- George West R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-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
- George Ebbert Seney 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
- 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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-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
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-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
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry Bowen 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
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones 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
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- 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
- 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
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer 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 Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-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
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard 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
- William Joel Stone 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
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham 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
- 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare 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
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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