House roll call 449 · 51st Congress · Dec 19, 1890
To order the previous question on the adoption of the report of the conference committee on H.R. 8243. (p. 690-2)
On Dec 19, 1890, the House voted 106–113 (HR 8243). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 85–40, Democrats 21–73. 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
- 106
- No
- 113
- Did not vote
- 131
- Date
- Dec 19, 1890
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 73 no · 73 didn’t vote
- Republicans85 yes · 40 no · 57 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA voted no
- William Vandever R-CA voted no
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA voted no
- 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
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted no
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted no
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted yes
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY voted yes
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY voted no
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA voted no
- 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
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- John Morehead Brower R-NC voted no
- 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
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY voted no
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH voted no
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH voted no
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- James W. Owens D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Richard Vaux D-PA voted yes
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted yes
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted yes
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA voted no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT voted no
- 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 W. Morrow R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays 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
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-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
- Francis Williams Rockwell 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
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- 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
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser 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
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- 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
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- James Patton Flick 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
- Scott Wike D-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
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum 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
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth 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
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- 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
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore 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
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- 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
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-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
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker 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
- 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
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-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
- Felix Campbell 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
- Roswell Pettibone Flower 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
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor 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
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble 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
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- 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
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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