House roll call 303 · 49th Congress · Mar 3, 1887
To agree to Senate amendment #4 to H.R. 10793 (24 stat 569, app 3/3/87), making appropriations for the post office department for fiscal 1888, which amendment p
On Mar 3, 1887, the House voted 98–136 (HR 10793). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–115, Republicans 89–20, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 98
- No
- 136
- Did not vote
- 97
- Date
- Mar 3, 1887
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 115 no · 63 didn’t vote
- Republicans89 yes · 20 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA voted no
- William W. Morrow R-CA voted no
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA voted no
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted no
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Louis St. Martin D-LA voted yes
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- John Floyd King D-LA voted yes
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted no
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN voted no
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- William Warner R-MO voted no
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
- James Laird R-NE voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY voted yes
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI voted no
- Richard William Guenther R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Henry Wadsworth R-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
- 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
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh 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
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Little R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-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
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- William Henry Forney 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
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- 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
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece 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 Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson 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
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill 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
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- 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
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- 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
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- Samuel Dibble 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
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson 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
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Wesley Reid 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
- John Joseph Adams 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 Swinburne R-NY
- George West R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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