House roll call 292 · 49th Congress · Mar 2, 1887
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the receded from its amendment to S. 3173 (24 stat 475, app 3/3/1887), authorizing the President of the u. S
On Mar 2, 1887, the House voted 142–132 (S 3173). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–130, Republicans 124–0, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 142
- No
- 132
- Did not vote
- 59
- Date
- Mar 2, 1887
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 130 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Republicans124 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- John Mason Martin D-AL voted yes
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA voted yes
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted yes
- James Milton Riggs D-IL voted yes
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted yes
- George Ford D-IN voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted yes
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-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
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- 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
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- 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
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh 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
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart 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
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson 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
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Dougherty 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
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- William Johnson Stone 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
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney 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
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- 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
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- 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
- John May Taylor D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn 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
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-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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