House roll call 34 · 50th Congress · Feb 17, 1888
To pass H. R. 2477, a bill granting relief to nathaniel MC kay and the executor of daniel MC kay. (p. 1312-1)
On Feb 17, 1888, the House voted 156–72 (HR 2477). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–66, Republicans 106–3, Others 1–3, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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
- 156
- No
- 72
- Did not vote
- 100
- Date
- Feb 17, 1888
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 66 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Republicans106 yes · 3 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT voted yes
- Carlos French D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Jonas George Howard D-IN voted yes
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted yes
- Polk Laffoon D-KY voted yes
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY voted yes
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted yes
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted yes
- Edward Burnett D-MA voted yes
- John Edwards Russell D-MA voted yes
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD voted yes
- Barnes Compton D-MD voted yes
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI voted yes
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Wilson D-MN voted yes
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN voted yes
- Edmund Rice D-MN voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- John Milton Glover D-MO voted yes
- James Peter Walker D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted yes
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY voted yes
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY voted yes
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY voted yes
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- Norman Hall D-PA voted yes
- John Randolph Neal D-TN voted yes
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN voted yes
- James Phelan D-TN voted yes
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Joseph Lyman 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
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- 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
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis 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
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- 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
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood 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
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-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
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp 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
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-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
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson 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
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne 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
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- James Laird R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- George West R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- 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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