House roll call 255 · 51st Congress · Jul 11, 1890
To order the previous question on S. 1258, (26 stat 1226, 7-25-90), a bill for the relief of charles murphy. (p. 7162-2)
On Jul 11, 1890, the House voted 114–55 (S 1258). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 90–1, Democrats 23–54, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 114
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 181
- Date
- Jul 11, 1890
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 54 no · 90 didn’t vote
- Republicans90 yes · 1 no · 91 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA voted yes
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Robert Bullock D-FL voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA voted no
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- Scott Wike D-IL voted yes
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN voted yes
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted yes
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted yes
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted yes
- John Mills Allen D-MS voted yes
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- James Kerr D-PA voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-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
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- James Robert Williams 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
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- 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
- Henry Hull Carlton 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
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner 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
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- 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
- 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
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-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
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings 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
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford 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
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- 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
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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