House roll call 276 · 49th Congress · Feb 18, 1887
To agree to the report of the committee of conference on S. 1458, (24 stat 423, app 2/28/87), providing for holding terms of the circuit and district courts of
On Feb 18, 1887, the House voted 126–116 (S 1458). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–81, Republicans 78–33, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 81 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
- 126
- No
- 116
- Did not vote
- 91
- Date
- Feb 18, 1887
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 81 no · 59 didn’t vote
- Republicans78 yes · 33 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas William Sadler 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
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted yes
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA voted no
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted yes
- Seaborn Reese D-GA voted yes
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA voted yes
- William Henry Neece D-IL voted yes
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted yes
- Jonas George Howard D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted yes
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted no
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Lewis Hanback R-KS voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted yes
- John Edward Halsell D-KY voted yes
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted yes
- John Floyd King D-LA voted yes
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA voted no
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted yes
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- William Warner R-MO voted no
- John Edward Hutton D-MO voted yes
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted no
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted yes
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE voted no
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH voted no
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- Darwin Rush James R-NY voted no
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY voted no
- John Swinburne R-NY voted no
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY voted no
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
- John Augustus Swope D-PA voted yes
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA voted no
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA voted no
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted no
- John Randolph Neal D-TN voted yes
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted yes
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
- Zachary Taylor R-TN voted no
- James Henry Jones D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Harry Libbey R-VA voted no
- James Dennis Brady R-VA voted no
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI voted no
And 1 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas William Sadler 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
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-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
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans 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
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Did not vote
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the report of the committee of…: House Vote, Feb 18, 1887,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/49-H-276/to-agree-to-the-report-of-the-committee-of (accessed 2026-10-17).