House roll call 60 · 52nd Congress · Apr 4, 1892
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 6185 (27stat-25,5/5/1892) absolutely prohibiting chinese persons from coming into the United States.
On Apr 4, 1892, the House voted 179–43 (HR 6185). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 149–24, Republicans 23–19, Others 7–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 43 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
- 179
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 118
- Date
- Apr 4, 1892
By party
- Democrats149 yes · 24 no · 70 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 19 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA voted no
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted no
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL voted no
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN voted no
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA voted no
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA voted no
- Frederick Spaulding Coolidge D-MA voted no
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI voted no
- Byron Gray Stout D-MI voted no
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted no
- Joseph Henry Beeman D-MS voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC voted no
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC voted no
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted no
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ voted no
- Joseph James Little D-NY voted no
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY voted no
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted no
- Bellamy Storer R-OH voted no
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH voted no
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA voted no
- Marriott Brosius R-PA voted no
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
- Alexander Kerr Craig D-PA voted no
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA voted no
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT voted no
- Allen Ralph Bushnell D-WI voted no
- Lucas Miltiades Miller D-WI voted no
- Frank Potter Coburn D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- John Tyler Cutting R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- 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 Edward Watson D-GA
- John Joseph Seerley D-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Walter Halben Butler D-IA
- John Taylor Hamilton D-IA
- Frederick Edward White D-IA
- Thomas Bowman D-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Walter Cass Newberry D-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
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman 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 Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Benjamin Hutchinson Clover O-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson 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
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- George Fred Williams D-MA
- John Crawford Crosby D-MA
- Henry Page D-MD
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Henry Melville Youmans D-MI
- Harrison H. Wheeler D-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- William Henry Harries D-MN
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- James Nathan Castle D-MN
- Kittel Halvorson O-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland 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 Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- William Wirt Dixon D-MT
- William Augustus Blount Branch 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 Jennings Bryan D-NE
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- Edward Francis Mcdonald D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- John R. Fellows D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Isaac Newton Cox D-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Madison Wever R-NY
- Henry Wilbur Bentley D-NY
- George Van Horn D-NY
- Hosea Hunt Rockwell D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Thomas Lathrop Bunting D-NY
- Martin Kissinger Gantz D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Robert Eachus Doan R-OH
- James Irvine Dungan D-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Edwin Hallowell D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Lemuel Amerman D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George Johnstone D-SC
- John Lawlor Jolley R-SD
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Benjamin Long D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John William Lawson D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clinton Babbitt D-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- Frederick Spaulding Coolidge D-MA
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Byron Gray Stout D-MI
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Joseph Henry Beeman D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- Joseph James Little D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Alexander Kerr Craig D-PA
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Allen Ralph Bushnell D-WI
- Lucas Miltiades Miller D-WI
- Frank Potter Coburn D-WI
Did not vote
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Thomas Elisha Winn D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Lewis Steward D-IL
- Benjamin Taylor Cable D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- John Grant Otis O-KS
- John Wilkerson Kendall D-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Sherman Hoar D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Samuel Byrns D-MO
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Warren Fisher Daniell D-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- 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
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- John M. Pattison D-OH
- William Henry Enochs R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- John George Warwick D-OH
- Lewis Philip Ohliger D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Vincent Albert Taylor R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- George Washington Shonk R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Andrew Stewart R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Eugene Pierce Gillespie D-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- Eli Thomas Stackhouse D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Edwin Le Roy Antony D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 6185…: House Vote, Apr 4, 1892,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/52-H-60/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-6185 (accessed 2026-10-17).