House roll call 431 · 51st Congress · Dec 8, 1890
To order the previous question on the motion to consider the bill H.R. 8243, supplementary to an act to authorize the construction of the baltimore and potomac
On Dec 8, 1890, the House voted 115–79 (HR 8243). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 78–30, Democrats 37–49. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 67 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
- 115
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 156
- Date
- Dec 8, 1890
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 49 no · 81 didn’t vote
- Republicans78 yes · 30 no · 74 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted yes
- John David Stewart D-GA voted yes
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted no
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA voted no
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted no
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted yes
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY voted yes
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA voted no
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted yes
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- William Cogswell R-MA voted no
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA voted no
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI voted no
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted yes
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO voted yes
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO voted yes
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Rowland D-NC voted yes
- William James Connell R-NE voted no
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY voted no
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY voted yes
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH voted no
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- James W. Owens D-OH voted yes
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted no
- Richard Vaux D-PA voted yes
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- James Kerr D-PA voted yes
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted no
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA voted no
- Posey Green Lester D-VA voted yes
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- 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 Prather Snider R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-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
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- 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
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-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
- James Kerr D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- William Harrison Martin 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
- Edmund Waddill Jr. 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
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate 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
- William Vandever R-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell 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
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore 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
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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