House roll call 543 · 51st Congress · Feb 21, 1891
To table an appeal from the decision of the chair, made during consideration of the res. Providing that whereas MR. Boatner was not in the hall of the house dur
On Feb 21, 1891, the House voted 145–97. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 143–1, Democrats 1–96, Others 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 145
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 108
- Date
- Feb 21, 1891
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 96 no · 70 didn’t vote
- Republicans143 yes · 1 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- 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
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- James Patton Flick 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
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen 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
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-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
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd 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
- 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
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart 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
- James Buchanan 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
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer 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
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-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
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill 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
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Frank Lawler 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
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum 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
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- 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
- 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
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert 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
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce 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
- 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
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Laird R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-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
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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