House roll call 272 · 50th Congress · Feb 6, 1889
To agree to report of conference committee on S. 1305, a bill to incorporate the maritime ship canal company of nicaragua. (p. 1574-1)
On Feb 6, 1889, the House voted 178–60 (S 1305). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 84–42, Republicans 95–18, Others 2–3, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 60 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
- 178
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Feb 6, 1889
By party
- Democrats84 yes · 42 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Republicans95 yes · 18 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA voted no
- Carlos French D-CT voted no
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted no
- John David Stewart D-GA voted no
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted no
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted no
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY voted no
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI voted no
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
- Thomas Wilson D-MN voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted no
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- Alfred Rowland D-NC voted no
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted no
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted no
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH voted no
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- John Lynch D-PA voted no
- Levi Maish D-PA voted no
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN voted no
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN voted no
- William Harrison Martin D-TX voted no
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Silas Hare D-TX voted no
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary 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
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden 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
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- George West R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-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
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Carlos French D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Charles Benjamin Clark 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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