House roll call 179 · 51st Congress · May 21, 1890
To amend H.R. 9416, by proposing to increase the duty on wool 2 1/2 times the present rate. (p. 4787-2,5109-2)
On May 21, 1890, the House voted 137–148 (HR 9416). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 137–12, Democrats 0–135, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 12 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
- 137
- No
- 148
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- May 21, 1890
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 135 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Republicans137 yes · 12 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted no
- Abner Taylor R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-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
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-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 McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson 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
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-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
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- 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
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- 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
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown 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
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- 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
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson 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
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Nils Pederson Haugen 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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