To amend S. 2594, (26 stat 414, aug. 30, 1890), providing for an inspection of meats for exportation, prohibiting the importation of adulterated articles of foo

On Aug 20, 1890, the House voted 44–131 (S 2594). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–91, Democrats 36–40, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 43 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: 44
No: 131
Did not vote: 175
Date: Aug 20, 1890

By party

Democrats36 yes · 40 no · 91 didn’t vote
Republicans7 yes · 91 no · 84 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
Samuel West Peel D-AR voted yes
John Brown Penington D-DE voted yes
Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted yes
Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted yes
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted yes
Henry Hull Carlton D-GA voted yes
Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
Harrison Kelley R-KS voted yes
William Johnson Stone D-KY voted yes
William Thomas Ellis D-KY voted yes
Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted yes
Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
John Logan Chipman D-MI voted yes
Justin Rice Whiting D-MI voted yes
Nathan Frank R-MO voted yes
William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO voted yes
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
James Bright Morgan D-MS voted yes
Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted yes
Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC voted yes
Alfred Rowland D-NC voted yes
John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
Charles Henry Turner D-NY voted yes
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
William Elliott D-SC voted yes
James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
Charles Stewart D-TX voted yes
Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX voted yes
Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted yes
George H. Brickner D-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
John Van Mcduffie R-AL
John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
Joseph Mckenna R-CA
William Vandever R-CA
William Edgar Simonds R-CT
Charles Addison Russell R-CT
John Henry Gear R-IA
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
Isaac S. Struble R-IA
Abner Taylor R-IL
Frank Lawler D-IL
George Everett Adams R-IL
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
Philip Sidney Post R-IL
William Harrison Gest R-IL
Scott Wike D-IL
William McKendree Springer D-IL
Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
Edward Lane D-IL
William St. John Forman D-IL
George Washington Smith R-IL
William Steele Holman D-IN
William Dallas Bynum D-IN
Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
William Dale Owen R-IN
Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
John Alexander Anderson R-KS
Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
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
Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
Edward Payson Allen R-MI
James O'Donnell R-MI
Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
William Henry Hatch D-MO
Alexander Monroe Dockery 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
William Joel Stone D-MO
Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
John Morehead Brower R-NC
William James Connell R-NE
George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
James Buchanan R-NJ
Samuel Fowler D-NJ
Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
John Michael Clancy D-NY
Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
John Henry Moffitt R-NY
Frederick Lansing 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
Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
William Elisha Haynes D-OH
Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
James W. Owens D-OH
Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
Charles O'Neill R-PA
Smedley Darlington R-PA
Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
William Mutchler D-PA
David B. Brunner D-PA
Marriott Brosius R-PA
James Bernard Reilly D-PA
John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
Louis Evans Atkinson 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
Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
Henry Clay Evans R-TN
Benton Mcmillin D-TN
Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
Posey Green Lester D-VA
Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
Charles Barwig D-WI
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 2594, (26 stat 414, aug. 30…: House Vote, Aug 20, 1890,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/51-H-343/to-amend-s-2594-26-stat-414-aug-30 (accessed 2026-10-17).