House roll call 477 · 51st Congress · Jan 15, 1891
To adopt the report of the conference committee on the bill S. 1384, (26 stat 732, jan. 27, 1891), providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a pu
On Jan 15, 1891, the House voted 141–58 (S 1384). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 114–1, Democrats 27–57. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 141
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 151
- Date
- Jan 15, 1891
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 57 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Republicans114 yes · 1 no · 67 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA voted yes
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- Scott Wike D-IL voted yes
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted yes
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted yes
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted yes
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY voted yes
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- James W. Owens D-OH voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted yes
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA voted yes
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted yes
- Charles Barwig D-WI voted yes
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell 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
- 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
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch 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
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-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
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark 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
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- 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 Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- 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
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Laird R-NE
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Copeland Wallace R-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
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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