House roll call 278 · 51st Congress · Jul 24, 1890
To amend H.R. 3316, by declaring a "manufacturer or merchant" bankrupt unless payment of his commercial paper, which has become delinquent, is not resumed withi
On Jul 24, 1890, the House voted 80–100 (HR 3316). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–91, Democrats 70–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 51st Congress (1889–1890), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 80
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 170
- Date
- Jul 24, 1890
By party
- Democrats70 yes · 9 no · 88 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 91 no · 81 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted yes
- William St. John Forman D-IL voted no
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN voted no
- John Henry Wilson R-KY voted yes
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE voted yes
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY voted no
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted no
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted no
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA voted yes
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Scott Wike D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- 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
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-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
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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