House roll call 471 · 51st Congress · Jan 12, 1891
To decide whether the resolution directing the comm. On rules to report to the house for consideration the resolution directing the comm. On coinage, weights an
On Jan 12, 1891, the House voted 149–80. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 36–80, Democrats 112–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 149
- No
- 80
- Did not vote
- 121
- Date
- Jan 12, 1891
By party
- Democrats112 yes · 0 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Republicans36 yes · 80 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hosea Townsend R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted yes
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- William Cogswell R-MA voted yes
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA voted yes
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted yes
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI voted yes
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted yes
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- John Lind R-MN voted yes
- Nathan Frank R-MO voted yes
- William James Connell R-NE voted yes
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted yes
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY voted yes
- James Jerome Belden R-NY voted yes
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH voted yes
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted yes
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA voted yes
- Edward Scull R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA voted yes
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC voted yes
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted yes
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- 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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper 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
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-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
- William Henry Crain 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
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne 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
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Marion Biggs D-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
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy 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
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-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
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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