House roll call 415 · 51st Congress · Dec 2, 1890
To pass S. 2591, (25 stat 1346, feb. 12, 1891), giving the court of claims jurisdiction over the claim of the chesapeake female college for the use of its prope
On Dec 2, 1890, the House voted 122–86 (S 2591). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 42–70, Democrats 80–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 58 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
- 122
- No
- 86
- Did not vote
- 142
- Date
- Dec 2, 1890
By party
- Democrats80 yes · 16 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Republicans42 yes · 70 no · 70 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA voted yes
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT voted yes
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted yes
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted yes
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- William St. John Forman D-IL voted no
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted no
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN voted no
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted yes
- John Henry Wilson R-KY voted yes
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA voted yes
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA voted yes
- William Cogswell R-MA voted yes
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA voted yes
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted yes
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted yes
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Nathan Frank R-MO voted yes
- James Peter Walker D-MO voted no
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY voted no
- James Jerome Belden R-NY voted yes
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY voted yes
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH voted yes
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA voted yes
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted yes
- Edward Scull R-PA voted yes
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA voted yes
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted no
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted yes
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN voted yes
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA voted yes
- John Mercer Langston R-VA voted yes
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted yes
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV voted yes
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell 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
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan 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
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke 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
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- 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
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy 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
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig 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
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark 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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