House roll call 457 · 51st Congress · Jan 5, 1891
To suspend the rules and discharge the comm. Of the whole from further consideration of H.R. 3301, regulating the pay and retirement of mates in the navy. (p.
On Jan 5, 1891, the House voted 88–101 (HR 3301). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 79–29, Democrats 9–72. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 88
- No
- 101
- Did not vote
- 161
- Date
- Jan 5, 1891
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 72 no · 86 didn’t vote
- Republicans79 yes · 29 no · 74 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Marion Biggs D-CA voted yes
- Frederick Miles R-CT voted no
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA voted no
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted no
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- William James Connell R-NE voted no
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE voted no
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY voted no
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted no
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted no
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA voted no
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne 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
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- 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
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett 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
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill 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
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland 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
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker 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
- 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
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola 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
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-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
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- 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
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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