House roll call 223 · 50th Congress · Jan 4, 1889
To amend S. 1305, (25 stat 673, 2/20/89) a bill to incorporate the maritime ship canal company of nicaragua, by adding at the end of the first section, that act
On Jan 4, 1889, the House voted 135–36 (S 1305). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 79–6, Republicans 53–29, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 35 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
- 135
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 156
- Date
- Jan 4, 1889
By party
- Democrats79 yes · 6 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Republicans53 yes · 29 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- William Vandever R-CA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted no
- Ralph Plumb R-IL voted no
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA voted no
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA voted no
- William Cogswell R-MA voted no
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA voted no
- John Edwards Russell D-MA voted no
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- Thomas Wilson D-MN voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
- George Hires R-NJ voted no
- John Kean R-NJ voted no
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY voted no
- George West R-NY voted no
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY voted no
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted no
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted no
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY voted no
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH voted no
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted no
- George Washington Crouse R-OH voted no
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA voted no
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- 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
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Vandever R-CA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- George Hires R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt 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
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley 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
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- 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
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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