House roll call 422 · 51st Congress · Dec 2, 1890
To order the previous question on an amendment to H.R. 10881, said amendment providing that this act shall take effect july 1, 1891. (p. 35-1)
On Dec 2, 1890, the House voted 106–73 (HR 10881). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 84–29, Democrats 22–44. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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
- 106
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 171
- Date
- Dec 2, 1890
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 44 no · 101 didn’t vote
- Republicans84 yes · 29 no · 69 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT voted yes
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted no
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted no
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- John Henry Wilson R-KY voted no
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY voted no
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted no
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted yes
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- John Michael Clancy D-NY voted yes
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY voted yes
- John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- Milton De Lano R-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- Richard Vaux D-PA voted yes
- David B. Brunner D-PA voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted no
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- 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
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- 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
- 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 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
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-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
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Edward Scull 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
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae 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
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner 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
- 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
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder 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
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson 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
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler 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
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- 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
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- George Washington Fithian 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
- 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
- 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
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider 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
- James Peter Walker D-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
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- 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
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- 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 Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-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
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler 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
- 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
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Silas Hare 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 Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- 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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