House roll call 311 · 51st Congress · Aug 8, 1890
To pass H.R. 11459. (p. 8344)
On Aug 8, 1890, the House voted 139–36 (HR 11459). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 106–0, Democrats 33–36. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 139
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 175
- Date
- Aug 8, 1890
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 36 no · 98 didn’t vote
- Republicans106 yes · 0 no · 76 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted yes
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted yes
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Herman Stump D-MD voted yes
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted yes
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted yes
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO voted yes
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- William Elliott D-SC voted yes
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted yes
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr 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
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William James Connell R-NE
- 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
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor 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
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Charles Stewart 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
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- 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
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- 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
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- George H. Brickner D-WI
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle 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
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-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
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus 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
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- 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
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne 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
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- 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
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- 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
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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