House roll call 420 · 51st Congress · Dec 2, 1890
To reconsider the vote refusing to table H.R. 10881. (p. 36-2)
On Dec 2, 1890, the House voted 82–123 (HR 10881). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 28–90, Democrats 55–33. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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
- 82
- No
- 123
- Did not vote
- 144
- Date
- Dec 2, 1890
By party
- Democrats55 yes · 33 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 90 no · 64 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
- Marion Biggs D-CA voted no
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted no
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Abner Taylor R-IL voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson 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
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted yes
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted no
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted yes
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted yes
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- John Henry Wilson R-KY voted yes
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY voted yes
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted no
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted no
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted yes
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted no
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted no
- James Peter Walker D-MO voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted no
- John Michael Clancy 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
- Milton De Lano R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted yes
- Richard Vaux D-PA voted no
- David B. Brunner D-PA voted no
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
- 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
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted yes
- 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
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-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
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer 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
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Michael Clancy 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
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-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
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer 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
- William Craig Cooper 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
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-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
- 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
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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