House roll call 458 · 51st Congress · Jan 5, 1891
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 4493, (26 stat 715, apr. 12, 1890), providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building at da
On Jan 5, 1891, the House voted 30–164 (S 4493). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–110, Democrats 30–54, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 30 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
- 30
- No
- 164
- Did not vote
- 155
- Date
- Jan 5, 1891
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 54 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 110 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- Scott Wike D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Fithian D-IL voted yes
- Edward Lane D-IL voted yes
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN voted yes
- George William Cooper D-IN voted yes
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY voted yes
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY voted yes
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- Richard Vaux D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted yes
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN voted yes
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted yes
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-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
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-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 Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor 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
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Edward Scull 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
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- 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
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Rodney Wallace 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
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-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
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-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 Raines R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- 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
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- 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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