House roll call 141 · 51st Congress · Apr 28, 1890
To pass S. 4, (app. 9-27-90), authorizing the establishment of a public park in the district of columbia. (p. 535-1)
On Apr 28, 1890, the House voted 78–88 (S 4). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 67–20, Democrats 12–69. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 members voted against their own party.
During the 51st Congress (1889–1890), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 78
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 182
- Date
- Apr 28, 1890
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 69 no · 86 didn’t vote
- Republicans67 yes · 20 no · 95 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA voted yes
- William Vandever R-CA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted no
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA voted no
- Abner Taylor R-IL voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY voted yes
- Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC voted yes
- John Morehead Brower R-NC voted no
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted no
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI voted no
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- William Vandever R-CA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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