House roll call 202 · 50th Congress · Sep 19, 1888
To agree to the conference committee report on H. R. 10540, no quorum voting. (p. 8753-1)
On Sep 19, 1888, the House voted 68–76 (HR 10540). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–59, Republicans 51–15, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 members voted against their own party.
During the 50th Congress (1887–1888), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 68
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 184
- Date
- Sep 19, 1888
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 59 no · 92 didn’t vote
- Republicans51 yes · 15 no · 88 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA voted yes
- Carlos French D-CT voted yes
- Charles Dougherty D-FL voted yes
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA voted no
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA voted no
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted no
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted no
- Ralph Plumb R-IL voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted yes
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted yes
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA voted yes
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- John Mills Allen D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY voted no
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY voted no
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Carlos French D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Laird R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- George West R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
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