House roll call 574 · 51st Congress · Mar 2, 1891
To order the previous question on bill H.R. 10881. (p. 3710-2)
On Mar 2, 1891, the House voted 139–90 (HR 10881). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 99–22, Democrats 39–68, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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
- 139
- No
- 90
- Did not vote
- 121
- Date
- Mar 2, 1891
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 68 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Republicans99 yes · 22 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA voted yes
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted yes
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted no
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted no
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted no
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted no
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted yes
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Herman Stump D-MD voted yes
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- William James Connell R-NE voted no
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- John Michael Clancy D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY voted yes
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY voted yes
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- David B. Brunner D-PA voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA voted no
- James Kerr D-PA voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted yes
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- 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
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-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
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp 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
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden 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
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. 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
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Levi Maish D-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
- James Kerr D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- 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
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- 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
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-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
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- 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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