House roll call 7 · 51st Congress · Jan 15, 1890
To pass H.R. 4539, (26 stat 54, 4-11-90), a bill supplying deficiencies caused by defalcations created in the office of the sergeant-at-arms. (p. 121-1)
On Jan 15, 1890, the House voted 127–141 (HR 4539). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 98–41, Democrats 30–101. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 71 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
- 127
- No
- 141
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- Jan 15, 1890
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 101 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Republicans98 yes · 41 no · 43 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL voted yes
- Marion Biggs D-CA voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Robert Bullock D-FL voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- William Dale Owen R-IN voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- John Henry Wilson R-KY voted no
- Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD voted no
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI voted no
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY voted no
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
- James Jerome Belden R-NY voted no
- John Raines R-NY voted no
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- James W. Owens D-OH voted yes
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA voted no
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA voted no
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
- Edward Scull R-PA voted no
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA voted no
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA voted no
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted yes
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted yes
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN voted no
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN voted no
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- 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
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed 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
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-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
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- 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
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-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
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- John Henry Moffitt 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
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- 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
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Scott Wike 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
- 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
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- 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
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- 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
- 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
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- 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
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy 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
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- 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
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- 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
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Did not vote
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham 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
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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