House roll call 75 · 49th Congress · May 13, 1886
To amend H.R. 6392 (24 stat 108, app 7/1/86), making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service of the government for fiscal 1887, by increasing the
On May 13, 1886, the House voted 144–75 (HR 6392). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 55–66, Republicans 88–8, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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
- 144
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 114
- Date
- May 13, 1886
By party
- Democrats55 yes · 66 no · 67 didn’t vote
- Republicans88 yes · 8 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Taylor Jones D-AL voted yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL voted yes
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL voted yes
- John Mason Martin D-AL voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Charles Dougherty D-FL voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted yes
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA voted yes
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted yes
- William Dale Owen R-IN voted no
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted yes
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted yes
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO voted yes
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- William Warner R-MO voted no
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted yes
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted yes
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- Perry Belmont D-NY voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY voted yes
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Romeis R-OH voted no
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted no
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted yes
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN voted yes
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
- James Francis Miller D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Croxton D-VA voted yes
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- 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
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed 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
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor 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
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-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
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson 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
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- John Floyd King D-LA
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-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 Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- William David Hill D-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel 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
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-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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