House roll call 8 · 51st Congress · Jan 16, 1890
To agree to the substitute, as modified, for the resolution appointing a worlds fair committee to report a plan whereby the house can determine the site of the
On Jan 16, 1890, the House voted 139–134. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 104–40, Democrats 36–95. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 76 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
- 139
- No
- 134
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Jan 16, 1890
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 95 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Republicans104 yes · 40 no · 38 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA voted yes
- Frederick Miles R-CT voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Robert Bullock D-FL voted yes
- John David Stewart D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Fithian D-IL voted yes
- Edward Lane D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
- George William Cooper D-IN voted yes
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted yes
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN voted yes
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN voted yes
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY voted yes
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted yes
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- John Wilson Candler R-MA voted no
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD voted no
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted yes
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO voted no
- Nathan Frank R-MO voted no
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted yes
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- John Morehead Brower R-NC voted no
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted yes
- Alonzo Nute R-NH voted no
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH voted no
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted no
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY voted no
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY voted yes
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY voted no
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY voted no
- Frederick Lansing R-NY voted no
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
- James Jerome Belden R-NY voted no
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY voted no
- John Raines R-NY voted no
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted no
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted no
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY voted no
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted yes
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN voted no
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA voted no
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA voted no
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT voted no
- Charles Barwig D-WI voted yes
- George H. Brickner D-WI voted yes
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-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
- 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
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-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
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Charles Addison Boutelle 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
- 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
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Henry Harrison Cowles 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
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-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
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- 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
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-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
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- 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
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- 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
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-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
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden 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
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk 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
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- 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
- 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 Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Did not vote
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser 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
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Silas Hare D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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