House roll call 545 · 51st Congress · Feb 21, 1891
To amend S. 174 by fixing the salaries at $4000 per year instead of $5000. (p. 3085-1)
On Feb 21, 1891, the House voted 89–149 (S 174). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–119, Democrats 67–30, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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
- 89
- No
- 149
- Did not vote
- 112
- Date
- Feb 21, 1891
By party
- Democrats67 yes · 30 no · 70 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 119 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted no
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted no
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted no
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL voted yes
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Andrew Price D-LA voted no
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted no
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted no
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD voted no
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted yes
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI voted yes
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- John Lind R-MN voted yes
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN voted yes
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO voted no
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted no
- John Morehead Brower R-NC voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE voted yes
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY voted no
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- John Quinn D-NY voted no
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted yes
- William Mutchler D-PA voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted no
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Silas Hare D-TX voted no
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX voted no
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted yes
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted yes
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Philip Sidney Post R-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
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Levi Maish D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- 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
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill 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
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price 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
- 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
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William James Connell R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar 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
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. 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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington 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
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- 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
- 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
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
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 Henry Rogers 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
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- 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
- 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
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-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
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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