House roll call 516 · 51st Congress · Feb 2, 1891
To suspend rules and pass the bill S. 724, providing for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the U.S. Steamer tallapoosa.
On Feb 2, 1891, the House voted 116–64 (S 724). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 97–6, Democrats 19–58. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 116
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 170
- Date
- Feb 2, 1891
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 58 no · 90 didn’t vote
- Republicans97 yes · 6 no · 79 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- Marion Biggs D-CA voted yes
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY voted no
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted yes
- Herman Stump D-MD voted yes
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted yes
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted yes
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO voted no
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY voted yes
- John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY voted yes
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- James W. Owens D-OH voted yes
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow 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
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers 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
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-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
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- 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
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale 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
- John Steele Henderson 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
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- 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
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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