House roll call 224 · 52nd Congress · Dec 7, 1892
To pass S. 139, (27-stat-405 12/16/1892), a bill providing that the reduction in the number of engineer corps of the navy provided for under act of 1882 shall b
On Dec 7, 1892, the House voted 126–92 (S 139). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 72–84, Republicans 54–1, Others 0–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 73 members voted against their own party.
During the 52nd Congress (1891–1892), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 126
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 122
- Date
- Dec 7, 1892
By party
- Democrats72 yes · 84 no · 87 didn’t vote
- Republicans54 yes · 1 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT voted yes
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT voted yes
- John Williams Causey D-DE voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Robert Bullock D-FL voted yes
- John Joseph Seerley D-IA voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- Thomas Bowman D-IA voted yes
- Abner Taylor R-IL voted no
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL voted yes
- Walter Cass Newberry D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY voted yes
- Adolph Meyer D-LA voted yes
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA voted yes
- Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted yes
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA voted yes
- George Fred Williams D-MA voted yes
- Frederick Spaulding Coolidge D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI voted yes
- William Henry Harries D-MN voted yes
- James Nathan Castle D-MN voted yes
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC voted yes
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH voted yes
- Warren Fisher Daniell D-NH voted yes
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY voted yes
- John Michael Clancy D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY voted yes
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY voted yes
- John De Witt Warner D-NY voted yes
- Joseph James Little D-NY voted yes
- Henry Bacon D-NY voted yes
- Isaac Newton Cox D-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- Henry Wilbur Bentley D-NY voted yes
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH voted yes
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- James W. Owens D-OH voted yes
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH voted yes
- Lewis Philip Ohliger D-OH voted yes
- William Mcaleer D-PA voted yes
- Edwin Hallowell D-PA voted yes
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- Lemuel Amerman D-PA voted yes
- Eugene Pierce Gillespie D-PA voted yes
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA voted yes
- Oscar Lapham D-RI voted yes
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- John William Lawson D-VA voted yes
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted yes
- Charles Barwig D-WI voted yes
- George H. Brickner D-WI voted yes
- Lucas Miltiades Miller D-WI voted yes
- Thomas Lynch D-WI voted yes
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV voted yes
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- John Joseph Seerley D-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Thomas Bowman D-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Walter Cass Newberry D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- George Fred Williams D-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Frederick Spaulding Coolidge D-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- William Henry Harries D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- James Nathan Castle D-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Warren Fisher Daniell D-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Joseph James Little D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Isaac Newton Cox D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Henry Wilbur Bentley D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- Lewis Philip Ohliger D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Edwin Hallowell D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Lemuel Amerman D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Eugene Pierce Gillespie D-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- John William Lawson D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Lucas Miltiades Miller D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Robert William Everett D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Thomas Edward Watson D-GA
- Walter Halben Butler D-IA
- Frederick Edward White D-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Herman Wilber Snow D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Owen Scott D-IL
- Samuel Thompson Busey D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- David Henry Patton D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Benjamin Hutchinson Clover O-KS
- John Grant Otis O-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- Byron Gray Stout D-MI
- Henry Melville Youmans D-MI
- Kittel Halvorson O-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Martin Kissinger Gantz D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- John Benjamin Long D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Edwin Le Roy Antony D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Frank Potter Coburn D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- John Tyler Cutting R-CA
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Thomas Elisha Winn D-GA
- John Taylor Hamilton D-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Steward D-IL
- Benjamin Taylor Cable D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Wilkerson Kendall D-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Sherman Hoar D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- John Crawford Crosby D-MA
- Henry Page D-MD
- John Brewer Brown D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Harrison H. Wheeler D-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Samuel Byrns D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Joseph Henry Beeman D-MS
- William Wirt Dixon D-MT
- Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams D-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- Edward Francis Mcdonald D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Alfred Clark Chapin D-NY
- John R. Fellows 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 Madison Wever R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- George Van Horn D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Hosea Hunt Rockwell D-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Thomas Lathrop Bunting D-NY
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Robert Eachus Doan R-OH
- John M. Pattison D-OH
- William Henry Enochs R-OH
- James Irvine Dungan D-OH
- John George Warwick D-OH
- Vincent Albert Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- George Washington Shonk R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Alexander Kerr Craig D-PA
- Andrew Stewart R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- George Johnstone D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Eli Thomas Stackhouse D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- John Lawlor Jolley R-SD
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Clinton Babbitt D-WI
- Allen Ralph Bushnell D-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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