House roll call 448 · 51st Congress · Dec 19, 1890
To consider the report of the conference committee on the bill, H.R. 8243, (26 stat 718, jan. 19, 1891), an act supplemental to an act authorizing the construct
On Dec 19, 1890, the House voted 131–85 (HR 8243). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 95–26, Democrats 36–59. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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
- 131
- No
- 85
- Did not vote
- 134
- Date
- Dec 19, 1890
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 59 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Republicans95 yes · 26 no · 61 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT voted no
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted yes
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA voted yes
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted no
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted no
- Scott Wike D-IL voted yes
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted yes
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted no
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY voted yes
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY voted yes
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted yes
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY voted no
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted yes
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA voted no
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD voted no
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted yes
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO voted yes
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
- William James Connell R-NE voted no
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE voted no
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted no
- Robert Patterson Kennedy 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
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted yes
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted yes
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted yes
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Silas Hare D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA voted no
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted no
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-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
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-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
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley 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
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edward Scull 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
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- William Cogswell 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
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-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
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings 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
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- 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
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-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
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
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