House roll call 359 · 51st Congress · Aug 27, 1890
To adopt the resolution to have the sergeant-at-arms take into custody and bring to bar members now absent without leave of the house, to telegraph all absent m
On Aug 27, 1890, the House voted 129–54. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 106–2, Democrats 23–52. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 129
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 167
- Date
- Aug 27, 1890
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 52 no · 92 didn’t vote
- Republicans106 yes · 2 no · 74 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
- George Washington Fithian D-IL voted yes
- Edward Lane D-IL voted yes
- William St. John Forman D-IL voted yes
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted yes
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted yes
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN voted yes
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN voted yes
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted yes
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ voted yes
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- James W. Owens D-OH voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- Charles Barwig D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles 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
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- 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
- 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
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson 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
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- 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
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams 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
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- 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
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- 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
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Henry Rogers 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
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-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
- Francis Barretto Spinola 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
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- 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
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne 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
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore 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
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan 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
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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