House roll call 284 · 50th Congress · Feb 15, 1889
To agree to a third division of the amendment in form of a resolution to S. 185 which amendment is, that the proposed states of north dakota, montana and washin
On Feb 15, 1889, the House voted 148–102 (S 185). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 128–0, Democrats 17–99, Others 2–3, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 148
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Feb 15, 1889
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 99 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Republicans128 yes · 0 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA voted yes
- Marion Biggs D-CA voted yes
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- Edward Burnett D-MA voted yes
- John Edwards Russell D-MA voted yes
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted yes
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI voted yes
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI voted yes
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN voted yes
- Edmund Rice D-MN voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-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
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- 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
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-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
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- 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
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- 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
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-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 Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood 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
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark 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
- Joseph Wheeler 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
- 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
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- 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
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- William Henry Hatch 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
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan 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
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington 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
- 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
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Carlos French D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Charles Harley Mansur 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
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- 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
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell 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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