House roll call 194 · 49th Congress · Jul 31, 1886
To agree to the report of the conference committee regarding amendments to H.R. 7480 (24 stat 310, app 8/5/86), the rivers and harbors appropriations bill, 1887
On Jul 31, 1886, the House voted 102–135 (HR 7480). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 48–89, Republicans 56–48, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 96 members voted against their own party.
During the 49th Congress (1885–1886), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 102
- No
- 135
- Did not vote
- 90
- Date
- Jul 31, 1886
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 89 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Republicans56 yes · 48 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Taylor Jones D-AL voted yes
- John Mason Martin D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted yes
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted yes
- John Ransom Buck R-CT voted no
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted no
- Charles Dougherty D-FL voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA voted yes
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA voted yes
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
- Joseph Lyman R-IA voted no
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- James Hugh Ward D-IL voted yes
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted yes
- William Henry Neece D-IL voted yes
- James Milton Riggs D-IL voted yes
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted yes
- Louis St. Martin D-LA voted yes
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA voted yes
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA voted yes
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA voted no
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
- William Whiting R-MA voted no
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Barnes Compton D-MD voted yes
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted yes
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted yes
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted yes
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Frederick George Barry D-MS voted yes
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
- James Laird R-NE voted no
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE voted no
- George Hires R-NJ voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- William Woodburn R-NV voted no
- Darwin Rush James R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted no
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH voted no
- John Little R-OH voted no
- William Craig Cooper R-OH voted no
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted no
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted no
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA voted no
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
- Franklin Bound R-PA voted no
And 16 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- George West R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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