To reconsider the vote by which the house agreed to consider H.R. 1088. (p. 34-1)

On Dec 2, 1890, the House voted 71–119 (HR 10881). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–85, Democrats 50–34. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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: 71
No: 119
Did not vote: 160
Date: Dec 2, 1890

By party

Democrats50 yes · 34 no · 83 didn’t vote
Republicans21 yes · 85 no · 76 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT voted no
David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
James Patton Flick R-IA voted yes
Abner Taylor R-IL voted yes
Frank Lawler D-IL voted no
Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted yes
Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted yes
William Harrison Gest R-IL voted yes
Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted no
Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted yes
Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
Harrison Kelley R-KS voted yes
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
Andrew Price D-LA voted no
Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted no
John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted no
Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted no
Harry Welles Rusk D-MD voted no
John Logan Chipman D-MI voted no
John Lind R-MN voted yes
John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted no
James Peter Walker D-MO voted no
William James Connell R-NE voted yes
Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted no
James Way Covert D-NY voted no
Edward John Dunphy D-NY voted no
Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY voted no
John Quinn D-NY voted no
Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted no
Charles Tracey D-NY voted no
Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted no
Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted yes
Richard Vaux D-PA voted no
William Mutchler D-PA voted no
James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
John Winebrenner Rife R-PA voted yes
Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted yes
Levi Maish D-PA voted no
Joseph Warren Ray R-PA voted yes
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
George William Dargan D-SC voted no
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted no
Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted no
Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted yes
William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted no
Charles Brooks Smith R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
John Van Mcduffie R-AL
Joseph Mckenna R-CA
William W. Morrow R-CA
William Vandever R-CA
Hosea Townsend R-CO
William Edgar Simonds R-CT
Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
Charles Addison Russell R-CT
Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
Frank Lawler D-IL
George Everett Adams R-IL
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
Philip Sidney Post R-IL
William Dallas Bynum D-IN
Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
William Dale Owen R-IN
Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
Andrew Price D-LA
Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
John Forrester Andrew D-MA
Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
William Cogswell R-MA
Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
John Logan Chipman D-MI
Edward Payson Allen R-MI
James O'Donnell R-MI
Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
John Charles Tarsney D-MO
William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
James Peter Walker D-MO
Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
James Buchanan R-NJ
Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
James Way Covert D-NY
Edward John Dunphy D-NY
Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
John Quinn D-NY
Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
John Henry Ketcham R-NY
John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
Charles Tracey D-NY
John Henry Moffitt R-NY
James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
James Jerome Belden R-NY
Milton De Lano R-NY
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
John Raines R-NY
Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
Henry Lee Morey R-OH
Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
Ezra Booth Taylor R-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
Smedley Darlington R-PA
William Mutchler D-PA
Marriott Brosius R-PA
Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
James Bernard Reilly D-PA
Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
Levi Maish D-PA
Edward Scull R-PA
Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
John Dalzell R-PA
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
Charles Warren Stone R-PA
Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
John James Hemphill D-SC
George William Dargan D-SC
Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
Henry Clay Evans R-TN
Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
John Mercer Langston R-VA
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
William Wallace Grout R-VT
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
William Lyne Wilson D-WV

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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