To go into the committee of the whole to consider H.R. 8243, (26 stat 718, 1-19-90), an act to authorize the construction of the baltimore and potomac railroad

On Jun 9, 1890, the House voted 101–70 (HR 8243). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 58–32, Democrats 44–39. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 71 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: 101
No: 70
Did not vote: 177
Date: Jun 9, 1890

By party

Democrats44 yes · 39 no · 84 didn’t vote
Republicans58 yes · 32 no · 92 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted no
John Van Mcduffie R-AL voted no
Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA voted no
John Henry Gear R-IA voted no
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
Joseph Rea Reed R-IA voted no
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted no
Scott Wike D-IL voted no
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
Edward Lane D-IL voted no
James Robert Williams D-IL voted no
William Fletcher Parrett D-IN voted no
John Henry O'Neall D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted no
Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted no
Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
Augustus Newton Martin D-IN voted no
Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN voted no
Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted no
Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted no
Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY voted no
Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted no
Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted no
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
William Cogswell R-MA voted no
Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA voted no
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
John Logan Chipman D-MI voted no
John Lind R-MN voted no
Darwin Scott Hall R-MN voted no
Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
James Bright Morgan D-MS voted no
Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
William James Connell R-NE voted no
Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted no
John Michael Clancy D-NY voted no
John Quinn D-NY voted no
Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY voted no
James Jerome Belden R-NY voted no
Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted no
John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted no
George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted no
Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH voted no
Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
James W. Owens D-OH voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
Charles Stewart D-TX voted no
Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted no
Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
George H. Brickner D-WI voted no
Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI voted no
John Duffy Alderson D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

William Calvin Oates D-AL
James Edward Cobb D-AL
John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
William Henry Forney D-AL
William Vandever R-CA
Hosea Townsend R-CO
William Edgar Simonds R-CT
Frederick Miles R-CT
John Brown Penington D-DE
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
Robert Bullock D-FL
Henry Gray Turner D-GA
Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
James Henderson Blount D-GA
Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
George Thomas Barnes D-GA
William Ernest Mason R-IL
Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
Philip Sidney Post R-IL
Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
Harrison Kelley R-KS
Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
William Johnson Stone D-KY
William Thomas Ellis D-KY
Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
John Henry Wilson R-KY
Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
Edward Payson Allen R-MI
James O'Donnell R-MI
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
William Henry Hatch D-MO
Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
John Taddeus Heard D-MO
Nathan Frank R-MO
William Joel Stone D-MO
Clarke Lewis D-MS
Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
John Morehead Brower R-NC
Alfred Rowland D-NC
John Steele Henderson D-NC
William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
James Buchanan R-NJ
Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
John Henry Moffitt R-NY
James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
Jacob Joseph Pugsley 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
Richard Vaux D-PA
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
Marriott Brosius R-PA
John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
Edward Scull R-PA
John Dalzell R-PA
Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
James Kerr D-PA
Samuel Dibble D-SC
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
William Hayne Perry D-SC
John James Hemphill D-SC
George William Dargan D-SC
William Elliott D-SC
Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
Henry Clay Evans R-TN
Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
Posey Green Lester D-VA
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
Charles Brooks Smith R-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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