House roll call 426 · 51st Congress · Dec 3, 1890
To amend H.R. 8589, (26 stat 746, feb. 10, 1891), a bill amending sections 4783 and 5486 of the revised statutes of the U.S. Relating to unlawful conversion of
On Dec 3, 1890, the House voted 52–127 (HR 8589). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–86, Democrats 39–41. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 52 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
- 52
- No
- 127
- Did not vote
- 171
- Date
- Dec 3, 1890
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 41 no · 87 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 86 no · 83 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted yes
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- Abner Taylor R-IL voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- Scott Wike D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted yes
- William Dale Owen R-IN voted yes
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted yes
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY voted yes
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY voted yes
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY voted yes
- John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
- John McClure Wiley D-NY voted yes
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted yes
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Marriott Brosius R-PA voted yes
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted yes
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted yes
- William Harrison Martin D-TX voted yes
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted yes
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- John Mercer Langston R-VA voted yes
- George H. Brickner D-WI voted yes
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- 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
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-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
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills 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
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- 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
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- 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
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- William St. John Forman 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
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth 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
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-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
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- 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
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker 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 Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- 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
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-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
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- David Browning Culberson 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
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 8589, (26 stat 746, feb. 10…: House Vote, Dec 3, 1890,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/51-H-426/to-amend-h-r-8589-26-stat-746-feb (accessed 2026-10-17).