House roll call 434 · 51st Congress · Dec 9, 1890
To adopt the Senate joint resolution, that the body of general grant be removed to arlington cemetary. (p. 265-2)
On Dec 9, 1890, the House voted 93–153. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 89–42, Democrats 4–111. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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
- 93
- No
- 153
- Did not vote
- 104
- Date
- Dec 9, 1890
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 111 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Republicans89 yes · 42 no · 51 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL voted no
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA voted no
- William Vandever R-CA voted no
- Frederick Miles R-CT voted no
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL voted no
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA voted no
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted yes
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA voted no
- John Wilson Candler R-MA voted no
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted no
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD voted no
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN voted no
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
- Alonzo Nute R-NH voted no
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH voted no
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY voted no
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY voted no
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY voted no
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY voted no
- Frederick Lansing R-NY voted no
- Milton De Lano R-NY voted no
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY voted no
- John Raines R-NY voted no
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted no
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted no
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY voted no
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY voted no
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH voted no
- James W. Owens D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-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
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- 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
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William McKendree Springer 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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- 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
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Sproull Cothran 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
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills 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
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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