House roll call 450 · 51st Congress · Dec 19, 1890
To adopt the report of the conference committee on H.R. 8243. (p. 689-1, 2)
On Dec 19, 1890, the House voted 121–87 (HR 8243). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 78–40, Democrats 43–47. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 83 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
- 121
- No
- 87
- Did not vote
- 142
- Date
- Dec 19, 1890
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 47 no · 77 didn’t vote
- Republicans78 yes · 40 no · 64 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA voted yes
- Marion Biggs D-CA voted yes
- William Vandever R-CA voted no
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT voted no
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes 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
- Joseph Henry Sweney 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
- Scott Wike D-IL voted yes
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN voted yes
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted no
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted yes
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY voted yes
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY voted yes
- James Bennett Mccreary 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
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD voted yes
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
- 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
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY voted no
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY voted yes
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted no
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH voted no
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH voted no
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH voted no
- James W. Owens D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
- Richard Vaux D-PA voted yes
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted no
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted yes
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted yes
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted yes
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
- 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
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted no
And 3 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes 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
- 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
- Lewis Edwin Payson 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
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- 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
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. 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
- Alfred Crout Harmer 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
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell 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
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper 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
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- 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
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle 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
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-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
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- 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
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Charles Barwig 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
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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