House roll call 49 · 51st Congress · Feb 4, 1890
To refer S. 3 to the committee on the judiciary.
On Feb 4, 1890, the House voted 94–133 (S 3). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–132, Democrats 81–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 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
- 94
- No
- 133
- Did not vote
- 123
- Date
- Feb 4, 1890
By party
- Democrats81 yes · 1 no · 85 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 132 no · 37 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted yes
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted no
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted yes
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted yes
- William Craig Cooper R-OH voted yes
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH voted yes
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. 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
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- 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
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano 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
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-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
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman 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
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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