House roll call 267 · 51st Congress · Jul 17, 1890
To recommit to the committee on public lands the bill, S. 2781, (26 stat 496, 9-29-90), forfeiting certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in
On Jul 17, 1890, the House voted 84–107 (S 2781). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–101, Democrats 77–6. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 14 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
- 84
- No
- 107
- Did not vote
- 158
- Date
- Jul 17, 1890
By party
- Democrats77 yes · 6 no · 84 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 101 no · 73 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Robert Bullock D-FL voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted no
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted yes
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI voted yes
- William James Connell R-NE voted yes
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted yes
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted yes
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Henry O'Neall 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
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-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
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- 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
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- David Bremner Henderson 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
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne 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
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper 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
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne 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
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- 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
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- 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
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson 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
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham 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 McClure Wiley D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-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
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- 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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