House roll call 479 · 51st Congress · Jan 15, 1891
To adopt the report of the conference committee on bill, S. 2427, (26 stat 732, jan. 26, 1891), providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a publi
On Jan 15, 1891, the House voted 149–34 (S 2427). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 96–0, Democrats 52–34, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 34 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
- 34
- Did not vote
- 167
- Date
- Jan 15, 1891
By party
- Democrats52 yes · 34 no · 81 didn’t vote
- Republicans96 yes · 0 no · 86 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted no
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- William St. John Forman D-IL voted no
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted no
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN voted no
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN voted no
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY voted no
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted no
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted no
- Richard Vaux D-PA voted no
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted no
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN voted no
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
- William Harrison Martin D-TX voted no
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Daniel Kerr 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
- 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
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- 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
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy 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
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright 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
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
Did not vote
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- 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
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- 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
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle 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
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-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
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker 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
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William James Connell R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-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
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson 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
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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