House roll call 346 · 51st Congress · Aug 23, 1890
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 11568. (p. 9103-2)
On Aug 23, 1890, the House voted 72–110. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–89, Democrats 55–21, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 72
- No
- 110
- Did not vote
- 168
- Date
- Aug 23, 1890
By party
- Democrats55 yes · 21 no · 91 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 89 no · 77 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL voted yes
- Abner Taylor R-IL voted yes
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- George Washington Fithian 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 Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN voted no
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted yes
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted no
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted yes
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO voted no
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted no
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO voted no
- Nathan Frank R-MO voted yes
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC voted yes
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted yes
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted no
- James W. Owens D-OH voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted yes
- Posey Green Lester D-VA voted no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted no
- Charles Barwig D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Mckenna 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
- 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
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- 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
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-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 Preston Wickham 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
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark 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
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- 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
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil 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
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner 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 Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush 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
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- 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
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-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
From Voteview roll call records.
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