House roll call 465 · 51st Congress · Jan 6, 1891
To recommit to the comm. On merchant marine and fisheries, the bill H.R. 11437, amending sections 11 and 12 of the shipping act of 1886, which repeals the autho
On Jan 6, 1891, the House voted 66–110 (HR 11437). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–97, Democrats 65–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 66
- No
- 110
- Did not vote
- 174
- Date
- Jan 6, 1891
By party
- Democrats65 yes · 13 no · 89 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 97 no · 84 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- William Steele Holman 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
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted no
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- William James Connell R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- James W. Owens D-OH voted no
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-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
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare 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
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Henry Gray Turner 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
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-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
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge 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
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap 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
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- 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
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor 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
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-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
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-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
Did not vote
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Henry Rogers 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
- 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
- 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
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone 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 Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-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 Ringland Stockdale 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
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell 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
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower 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
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham 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
- William Mutchler 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
- Thomas McKee Bayne 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
- 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
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton 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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