House roll call 91 · 51st Congress · Mar 7, 1890
To pass the H.R. 2390, referring to the court of claims, the claim of william e. Woodridge, for compensation for the use of his invention by the U.S., relating
On Mar 7, 1890, the House voted 101–128 (HR 2390). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–94, Republicans 79–34, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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
- 101
- No
- 128
- Did not vote
- 121
- Date
- Mar 7, 1890
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 94 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Republicans79 yes · 34 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA voted yes
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT voted yes
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted no
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA voted no
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted no
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted yes
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY voted yes
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY voted no
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted yes
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD voted yes
- 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
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted yes
- William James Connell R-NE voted no
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY voted yes
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY voted no
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY voted no
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH voted no
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- James Kerr D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA voted no
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA voted yes
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA voted yes
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI voted no
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-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
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks 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
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray 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
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- 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
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- 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
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-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
- William Steele Holman 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
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- 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
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Herman Stump D-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
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- 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 Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- 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
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson 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
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne 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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays 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
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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