House roll call 460 · 51st Congress · Jan 5, 1891
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2281, (26 stat 1419, mar. 3, 1891), paying $2000 to charles warding and others, owners of the brig xeneplion, for damages cau
On Jan 5, 1891, the House voted 137–33 (HR 2281). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 89–2, Democrats 47–31, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 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
- 137
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 180
- Date
- Jan 5, 1891
By party
- Democrats47 yes · 31 no · 89 didn’t vote
- Republicans89 yes · 2 no · 91 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted no
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Scott Wike D-IL voted no
- George Washington Fithian D-IL voted no
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted no
- George William Cooper D-IN voted no
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted no
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO voted no
- William James Connell R-NE voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
- Richard Vaux D-PA voted no
- Marriott Brosius R-PA voted no
- James Kerr D-PA voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted no
- William Harrison Martin D-TX voted no
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted no
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX voted no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted no
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA voted no
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- 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
- 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
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-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
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Scott Wike D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- William James Connell R-NE
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson 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
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
Did not vote
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver 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
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Harrison Kelley 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
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- 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
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney 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
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- 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
- Charles Henry Turner 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
- 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
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- 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
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry 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
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills 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
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2281, (26…: House Vote, Jan 5, 1891,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/51-H-460/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-2281 (accessed 2026-10-17).