House roll call 275 · 50th Congress · Feb 8, 1889
To reconsider the vote by which house refused to order a third reading of S. 681, granting an increase of pension to MRS. Ward b. Burnett. (p. 1663-1)
On Feb 8, 1889, the House voted 80–115 (S 681). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–101, Republicans 76–11, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 80
- No
- 115
- Did not vote
- 133
- Date
- Feb 8, 1889
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 101 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Republicans76 yes · 11 no · 67 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA voted no
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA voted no
- John Davis Long R-MA voted no
- William Whiting R-MA voted no
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA voted no
- John Robert Brown R-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- George West R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Carlos French D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- 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
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- 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
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- 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 (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
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark 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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