House roll call 472 · 51st Congress · Jan 12, 1891
To limit debate to 3 hours on H.R. 12573, (26 stat 770, feb. 24, 1891), making appropriations for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1892, and for other purposes.
On Jan 12, 1891, the House voted 89–105 (HR 12573). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–98, Democrats 86–6, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 9 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
- 89
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 156
- Date
- Jan 12, 1891
By party
- Democrats86 yes · 6 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 98 no · 81 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted no
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted yes
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- 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
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland 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
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin 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
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers 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
How each representative voted: No
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney 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
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- 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
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler 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
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette 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
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle 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
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- 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
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- 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
- William James Connell R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-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
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano 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
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble 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
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- 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 Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-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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