House roll call 97 · 51st Congress · Mar 14, 1890
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 3538, (26 stat 1224, 7-14-90), authorizing the secretary of treasury to pay albert h. Emery $200.000, in full settlement of al
On Mar 14, 1890, the House voted 66–143 (HR 3538). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–94, Democrats 50–49. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 65 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
- 66
- No
- 143
- Did not vote
- 141
- Date
- Mar 14, 1890
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 49 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 94 no · 72 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted no
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL voted no
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT voted no
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted no
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA voted yes
- Abner Taylor R-IL voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted yes
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted no
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted yes
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted no
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY voted no
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted no
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted no
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted no
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD voted no
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD voted yes
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted yes
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI voted no
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN voted yes
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted no
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted no
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- William James Connell R-NE voted yes
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted no
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted no
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted no
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH voted yes
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted no
- James W. Owens D-OH voted no
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
- James Kerr D-PA voted no
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted yes
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted no
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN voted no
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted no
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA voted no
- Posey Green Lester D-VA voted no
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted no
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA voted no
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted no
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-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
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy 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
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- 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
- Charles Barwig D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- 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
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- 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
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig 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
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert 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
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson 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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Capitol Receipts, “To concur in an amendment to H.R. 3538, (26…: House Vote, Mar 14, 1890,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/51-H-97/to-concur-in-an-amendment-to-h-r-3538 (accessed 2026-10-17).