House roll call 365 · 51st Congress · Sep 8, 1890
To recommit H.R. 8243, (26 stat 718, jan. 19, 1891), the baltimore and potomac railroad bill, to the committee on the district of columbia, with instructions to
On Sep 8, 1890, the House voted 42–113 (HR 8243). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–68, Democrats 19–46. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 45 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
- 42
- No
- 113
- Did not vote
- 191
- Date
- Sep 8, 1890
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 46 no · 102 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 68 no · 88 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted yes
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT voted yes
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA voted yes
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- George William Cooper D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN voted yes
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA voted yes
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted yes
- John Lind R-MN voted yes
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- William James Connell R-NE voted yes
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY voted yes
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted yes
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted yes
- John McClure Wiley D-NY voted yes
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted yes
- David B. Brunner D-PA voted yes
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted yes
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted yes
- Silas Hare D-TX voted yes
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- George H. Brickner D-WI voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI voted yes
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted yes
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William James Connell R-NE
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Vandever R-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- 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
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife 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
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb 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
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery 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
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- 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
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-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
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert 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
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn 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
- Charles Tracey 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
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Dalzell 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
- George Dionysius Tillman 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
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Harrison Martin 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
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds 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
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- 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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