House roll call 81 · 51st Congress · Mar 1, 1890
To pass S. 1359, (26 stat 17, 3-5-90), which provides for an assistant secretary of war. (p. 293-2)
On Mar 1, 1890, the House voted 126–100 (S 1359). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 103–13, Democrats 24–87. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 126
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 123
- Date
- Mar 1, 1890
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 87 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Republicans103 yes · 13 no · 66 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- Abner Taylor R-IL voted no
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO voted yes
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- William James Connell R-NE voted no
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted no
- John Michael Clancy D-NY voted yes
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted no
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- James W. Owens D-OH voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted yes
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- 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
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall 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
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. 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
- Byron M. Cutcheon 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
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt 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
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette 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
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- 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
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Scott Wike D-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
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown 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
- Erastus Johnson Turner 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
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- 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
- 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
- William James Connell R-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry 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
- 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
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- James Laird R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- 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
- William Mutchler D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor 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
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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