House roll call 282 · 52nd Congress · Feb 21, 1893
To excuse MR. Allen of miss. From attendance during the roll call. (p.1983-2)
On Feb 21, 1893, the House voted 31–89. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 25–68, Republicans 6–15, Others 0–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 31 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
- 31
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 220
- Date
- Feb 21, 1893
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 68 no · 150 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 15 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 6 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted yes
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL voted yes
- Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
- John Crawford Crosby D-MA voted yes
- Harrison H. Wheeler D-MI voted yes
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO voted yes
- John Mills Allen D-MS voted yes
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS voted yes
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ voted yes
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted yes
- William Henry Enochs R-OH voted yes
- George Johnstone D-SC voted yes
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
- John Lawlor Jolley R-SD voted yes
- John Chiles Houk R-TN voted yes
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted yes
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted yes
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA voted yes
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted yes
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Andrew Price D-LA
- John Crawford Crosby D-MA
- Harrison H. Wheeler D-MI
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- William Henry Enochs R-OH
- George Johnstone D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- John Lawlor Jolley R-SD
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert William Everett D-GA
- Thomas Edward Watson D-GA
- John Joseph Seerley D-IA
- Walter Halben Butler D-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Lewis Steward D-IL
- Herman Wilber Snow D-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Benjamin Taylor Cable D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Samuel Thompson Busey D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- David Henry Patton D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Hutchinson Clover O-KS
- John Grant Otis O-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Kittel Halvorson O-MN
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Warren Fisher Daniell D-NH
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Madison Wever R-NY
- George Van Horn D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Martin Kissinger Gantz D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- John M. Pattison D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Lewis Philip Ohliger D-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- John Benjamin Long D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- John William Lawson D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Clinton Babbitt D-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Allen Ralph Bushnell D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Lucas Miltiades Miller D-WI
- Frank Potter Coburn D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin 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
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- John Tyler Cutting R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Thomas Elisha Winn D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Taylor Hamilton D-IA
- Frederick Edward White D-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Thomas Bowman D-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Walter Cass Newberry D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Owen Scott D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Davis O-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
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- John Wilkerson Kendall D-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Sherman Hoar D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- George Fred Williams D-MA
- Frederick Spaulding Coolidge 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
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Byron Gray Stout D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Henry Melville Youmans D-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- William Henry Harries D-MN
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- James Nathan Castle D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Samuel Byrns D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Joseph Henry Beeman D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- William Wirt Dixon D-MT
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Edward Francis Mcdonald D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Alfred Clark Chapin D-NY
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- John R. Fellows D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Joseph James Little D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Isaac Newton Cox D-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Henry Wilbur Bentley D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Hosea Hunt Rockwell D-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Thomas Lathrop Bunting D-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Robert Eachus Doan R-OH
- James Irvine Dungan D-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- John George Warwick D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Vincent Albert Taylor R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- 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
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Lemuel Amerman D-PA
- George Washington Shonk R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Alexander Kerr Craig D-PA
- Andrew Stewart R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Eugene Pierce Gillespie D-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Eli Thomas Stackhouse D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Charles Stewart 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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