House roll call 240 · 51st Congress · Jul 8, 1890
To adopt the resolution that it shall be in order for the committee on the judiciary to call up for reconsideration with amendments the original package bill s.
On Jul 8, 1890, the House voted 80–97 (S 398). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 72–24, Democrats 7–73, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 80
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 173
- Date
- Jul 8, 1890
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 73 no · 87 didn’t vote
- Republicans72 yes · 24 no · 86 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- Hosea Townsend R-CO voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Abner Taylor R-IL voted no
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL voted no
- George Washington Fithian D-IL voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI voted no
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO voted no
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- William James Connell R-NE voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV voted no
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA voted no
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted yes
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-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 Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife 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
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman 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
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- 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
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano 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
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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