House roll call 2 · 49th Congress · Dec 18, 1885
To amend the rules of the house, in such a way as to give the committee on appropriations charge of appropriating the revenue received for the support of the go
On Dec 18, 1885, the House voted 71–227. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 42–128, Republicans 30–103, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 72 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
- 71
- No
- 227
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Dec 18, 1885
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 128 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 103 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- John Mason Martin D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted yes
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted yes
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted yes
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted yes
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA voted yes
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted yes
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY voted yes
- John Davis Long R-MA voted yes
- Frederick David Ely R-MA voted yes
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD voted yes
- Barnes Compton D-MD voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- James Wesley Reid D-NC voted yes
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted yes
- George Hires R-NJ voted yes
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ voted yes
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ voted yes
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted yes
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY voted yes
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY voted yes
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted yes
- John Little R-OH voted yes
- Jacob Romeis R-OH voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH voted yes
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted yes
- John Augustus Swope D-PA voted yes
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA voted yes
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA voted yes
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA voted yes
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted yes
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- John Randolph Neal D-TN voted yes
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted yes
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
- John May Taylor D-TN voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Little R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- 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
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Did not vote
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- William Dawson D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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