House roll call 65 · 49th Congress · May 6, 1886
To amend H.R. 7480 (24 stat 310, app 8/5/86), making appropriations for the construction, repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors,
On May 6, 1886, the House voted 133–112 (HR 7480). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 50–92, Republicans 86–22, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 72 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
- 112
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- May 6, 1886
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 92 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Republicans86 yes · 22 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA voted no
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA voted no
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted yes
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- James Hugh Ward D-IL voted yes
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted yes
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted yes
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN voted no
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted yes
- George Ford D-IN voted yes
- John Edward Halsell D-KY voted yes
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted no
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI voted no
- William Warner R-MO voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- John Mills Allen D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- James Wesley Reid D-NC voted yes
- 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
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ voted yes
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- William Woodburn R-NV voted no
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted yes
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY voted no
- George West R-NY voted no
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY voted yes
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY voted yes
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted no
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY voted no
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- John Augustus Swope D-PA voted yes
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA voted yes
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA voted no
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
- Zachary Taylor R-TN voted no
- James Dennis Brady R-VA voted no
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn 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
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Rice Eden 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
- 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
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- 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
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon 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 Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- 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
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps 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
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- John Mason Martin 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
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris 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
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- James Bright Morgan 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
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-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
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones 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
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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