House roll call 324 · 51st Congress · Aug 11, 1890
To order the previous question on the motion to recommit H.R. 8243 to the district of columbia committee, with instructions.
On Aug 11, 1890, the House voted 108–51 (HR 8243). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 68–18, Democrats 39–33, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 51 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
- 108
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 191
- Date
- Aug 11, 1890
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 33 no · 95 didn’t vote
- Republicans68 yes · 18 no · 96 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT voted no
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA 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
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted no
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- William St. John Forman D-IL voted no
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted no
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George William Cooper D-IN voted no
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted no
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN voted no
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI voted no
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- William James Connell R-NE voted no
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE voted no
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- John Quinn D-NY voted no
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted no
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted no
- John McClure Wiley D-NY voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- Charles Barwig D-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- George H. Brickner D-WI voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-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
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings 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
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson 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
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- 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
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-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
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp 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 Raines R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- 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
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- 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
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore 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
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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