House roll call 581 · 51st Congress · Mar 2, 1891
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5958, providing for a commission on alcoholic liquor traffic. (p. 3772-2)
On Mar 2, 1891, the House voted 97–119 (HR 5958). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 92–22, Democrats 4–97, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 97
- No
- 119
- Did not vote
- 134
- Date
- Mar 2, 1891
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 97 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Republicans92 yes · 22 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL voted no
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA voted yes
- Abner Taylor R-IL voted no
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted no
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA voted no
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO voted no
- Nathan Frank R-MO voted no
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO voted no
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY voted no
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY voted no
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH voted no
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH voted no
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA voted no
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA voted no
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA voted no
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA voted no
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- 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 Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas 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
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Marriott Brosius 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
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney 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
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-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
- 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 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
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner 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
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- 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
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins 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
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-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
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-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
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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