House roll call 408 · 51st Congress · Sep 24, 1890
To adopt the substitute resolution, relating to speech of hon. Robert p. Kennedy, which resolution disapproves the unparliamentary language used by hon. R.p. Ke
On Sep 24, 1890, the House voted 151–36. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 91–31, Democrats 60–4, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 35 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
- 151
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 163
- Date
- Sep 24, 1890
By party
- Democrats60 yes · 4 no · 103 didn’t vote
- Republicans91 yes · 31 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Vandever R-CA voted no
- Hosea Townsend R-CO voted no
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA voted no
- James Patton Flick R-IA voted no
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY voted no
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted no
- William Cogswell R-MA voted no
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA voted no
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted no
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN voted no
- John Morehead Brower R-NC voted no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY voted no
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted no
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted no
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH voted no
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH voted no
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH voted no
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA voted no
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD voted no
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted no
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI voted no
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI voted no
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV voted no
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- 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
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson 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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-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
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
Did not vote
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- 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
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- 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
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- 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
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- 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
- Nathan Frank 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
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-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
- 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
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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