House roll call 354 · 51st Congress · Aug 27, 1890
To move the previous question on approval of yesterday's journal. (p. 9231-2)
On Aug 27, 1890, the House voted 106–56. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 99–2, Democrats 8–54. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 106
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 187
- Date
- Aug 27, 1890
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 54 no · 105 didn’t vote
- Republicans99 yes · 2 no · 81 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
- George Washington Fithian D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted yes
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- James W. Owens D-OH voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- 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
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill 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
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- James W. Owens D-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
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- 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
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel 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
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-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
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-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
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Samuel Dibble 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
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore 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
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- 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
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To move the previous question on approval of…: House Vote, Aug 27…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/51-H-354/to-move-the-previous-question-on-approval-of-yesterdays (accessed 2026-10-17).