House roll call 222 · 49th Congress · Dec 21, 1886
To amend H.R. 10242, a bill making army appropriations for fiscal 1888. The amendment provides to increase by $100,000 the appropriation for the manufacture o
On Dec 21, 1886, the House voted 94–104 (HR 10242). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–103, Republicans 81–0, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 94
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 135
- Date
- Dec 21, 1886
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 103 no · 73 didn’t vote
- Republicans81 yes · 0 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- James Hugh Ward D-IL voted yes
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA voted yes
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY voted yes
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger 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
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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