House roll call 522 · 51st Congress · Feb 10, 1891
To pass bill H.R. 848, authorizing the construction of an addition to the public building in dallas, texas. (p. 2455-1)
On Feb 10, 1891, the House voted 143–69 (HR 848). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 105–1, Republicans 38–68. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 143
- No
- 69
- Did not vote
- 138
- Date
- Feb 10, 1891
By party
- Democrats105 yes · 1 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 68 no · 76 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA voted yes
- William W. Morrow R-CA voted yes
- William Vandever R-CA voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Abner Taylor R-IL voted yes
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted yes
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA voted yes
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- William Cogswell R-MA voted yes
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA voted yes
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA voted yes
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted yes
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- John Lind R-MN voted yes
- Nathan Frank R-MO voted yes
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ voted yes
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted yes
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY voted yes
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted yes
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted yes
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted yes
- Smedley Darlington R-PA voted yes
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- 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
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins 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
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw 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
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington 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
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- 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
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles O'Neill 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
- 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
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- 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
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William James Connell R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Samuel Fowler D-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
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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