House roll call 304 · 49th Congress · Mar 3, 1887
To pass over veto of President S. 856 (24 stat 544, app 3/3/1887), a bill providing for the erection of a public building in the ciitty of dayton, ohio.
On Mar 3, 1887, the House voted 133–64 (S 856). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–64, Republicans 92–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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
- 133
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 136
- Date
- Mar 3, 1887
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 64 no · 84 didn’t vote
- Republicans92 yes · 0 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA voted yes
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted yes
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted yes
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted yes
- Robert Lowry D-IN voted yes
- George Ford D-IN voted yes
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted yes
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted yes
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted yes
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI voted yes
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH voted yes
- William David Hill D-OH voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- John Randolph Neal D-TN voted yes
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-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
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-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
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock 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
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne 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
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert 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
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood 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
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- John Taddeus Heard 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
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-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
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson 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
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- 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
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle 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
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn 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
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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