House roll call 587 · 51st Congress · Mar 2, 1891
To suspend the rules and pass bill S. 4212, authorizing the SEC. Of navy to place the name of the assistant engineer henry e. Rhodes on list of navy officers WH
On Mar 2, 1891, the House voted 177–87 (S 4212). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 147–5, Democrats 29–82, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 177
- No
- 87
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- Mar 2, 1891
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 82 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Republicans147 yes · 5 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA voted yes
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted no
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted yes
- John Henry Wilson R-KY voted no
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted yes
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- Herman Stump D-MD voted yes
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted yes
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- 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
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY voted yes
- John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY voted yes
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY voted yes
- John McClure Wiley D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow 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
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell 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
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-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
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- 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
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- 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
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- 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
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker 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
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. 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
- 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
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-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
- 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
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout 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
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
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
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Henry O'Neall 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
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Bright Morgan 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
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- 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
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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