House roll call 407 · 51st Congress · Sep 24, 1890
To order the previous question on the h.res. Directing the clerk to inform the Senate that the house had condemned the unparliamentary language of r. P. Kennedy
On Sep 24, 1890, the House voted 140–65. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 112–23, Democrats 27–42, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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
- 140
- No
- 65
- Did not vote
- 145
- Date
- Sep 24, 1890
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 42 no · 98 didn’t vote
- Republicans112 yes · 23 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL voted no
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- William Vandever R-CA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted no
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted no
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY voted yes
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted yes
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA voted no
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted yes
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA voted no
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted no
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted yes
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY voted no
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted no
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- James W. Owens D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- Richard Vaux D-PA voted yes
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA voted no
- Edward Scull R-PA voted no
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted yes
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN voted yes
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI voted no
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV voted no
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- 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
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins 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 Smith R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey 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
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig 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
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Vandever R-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
Did not vote
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge 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
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Frank Lawler D-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
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Erastus Johnson Turner 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
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge 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
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy 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
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- William Henry Crain 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
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton 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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