House roll call 321 · 51st Congress · Aug 11, 1890
To table a motion to reconsider the vote by which H.R. 8243 (26 stat 718, jan. 19, 1891), a bill supplementary to an act entitled, "an act to authorize the cons
On Aug 11, 1890, the House voted 55–113 (HR 8243). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–63, Democrats 27–51, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 56 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
- 55
- No
- 113
- Did not vote
- 179
- Date
- Aug 11, 1890
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 51 no · 89 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 63 no · 90 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted yes
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Fithian D-IL voted yes
- Edward Lane D-IL voted yes
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted yes
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted yes
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA voted yes
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted yes
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted yes
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI voted yes
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN voted yes
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- William James Connell R-NE voted yes
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH voted yes
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY voted yes
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted yes
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted yes
- John McClure Wiley D-NY voted yes
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY voted yes
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH voted yes
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Charles Barwig D-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- George H. Brickner D-WI voted yes
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William McKendree Springer 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
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William James Connell R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- 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
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Herman Stump 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
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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