House roll call 261 · 50th Congress · Jan 21, 1889
To pass H. R. 10406, a bill to purchase square 489 in the city of washington as a site for the post office and other government uses.
On Jan 21, 1889, the House voted 109–108 (HR 10406). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–78, Republicans 77–26, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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
- 109
- No
- 108
- Did not vote
- 111
- Date
- Jan 21, 1889
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 78 no · 59 didn’t vote
- Republicans77 yes · 26 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- Jonas George Howard D-IN voted yes
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN voted no
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted yes
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted yes
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA voted yes
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA voted no
- Edward Burnett D-MA voted yes
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD voted yes
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted yes
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI voted yes
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI voted yes
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Edmund Rice D-MN voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Peter Walker D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted yes
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH voted yes
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted no
- William Woodburn R-NV voted no
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY voted no
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY voted no
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted no
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH voted no
- William Craig Cooper R-OH voted no
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted yes
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted yes
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- John Randolph Neal D-TN voted yes
- James Phelan D-TN voted yes
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw 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
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- George West R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H. R. 10406, a bill to purchase…: House Vote, Jan 21, 1889,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/50-H-261/to-pass-h-r-10406-a-bill-to-purchase (accessed 2026-10-17).