House roll call 67 · 51st Congress · Feb 17, 1890
To suspend the rules and agree to resolution relating to worlds fair 1892, setting aside thursday and friday, feb. 20 and 21, after journal is approved, for gen
On Feb 17, 1890, the House voted 210–56 (HR 6883). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 138–2, Democrats 73–55. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 57 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
- 210
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Feb 17, 1890
By party
- Democrats73 yes · 55 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Republicans138 yes · 2 no · 42 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL voted no
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted no
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA voted no
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted no
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted no
- John David Stewart D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA voted no
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA voted no
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted no
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY voted no
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY voted no
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY voted no
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted no
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted no
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC voted no
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC voted no
- Alfred Rowland D-NC voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted no
- William Elliott D-SC voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted no
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN voted no
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted no
- William Harrison Martin D-TX voted no
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Silas Hare D-TX voted no
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA voted no
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble 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
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- 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
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- 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
- Justin Rice Whiting D-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
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock 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
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- 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
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-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
- 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
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-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
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker 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
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead 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
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson 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
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy 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
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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