House roll call 579 · 51st Congress · Mar 2, 1891
To adopt the resolution, providing that house conferees are instructed to insist that it is not within the constitutional competency of Senate to append to the
On Mar 2, 1891, the House voted 105–148. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–131, Democrats 98–16, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 105
- No
- 148
- Did not vote
- 97
- Date
- Mar 2, 1891
By party
- Democrats98 yes · 16 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 131 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- 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
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted yes
- William St. John Forman D-IL voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted yes
- Andrew Price D-LA voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted no
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted yes
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ voted no
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted no
- John Michael Clancy D-NY voted no
- James W. Owens D-OH voted no
- William Harrison Martin D-TX voted no
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted no
- Charles Barwig D-WI voted no
- George H. Brickner D-WI voted no
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
- 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
- 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
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Henry O'Neall 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
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Harrison Kelley 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
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- 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 Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner 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
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson 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
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins 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
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- 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
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler 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 Henry Hatch D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William James Connell R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham 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
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser 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
- 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
- Edward Scull 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
- 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
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen 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
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- 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
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne 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
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
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