House roll call 500 · 51st Congress · Jan 21, 1891
To amend H.R. 12729, by authorizing the treasury to credit the accounts of the ex-commissioners of the district for expenses accrued during the years 1878 to 18
On Jan 21, 1891, the House voted 153–66 (HR 12729). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 141–0, Democrats 11–66, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 153
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 131
- Date
- Jan 21, 1891
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 66 no · 90 didn’t vote
- Republicans141 yes · 0 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted yes
- Scott Wike D-IL voted yes
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Judson Claudius Clements 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
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver 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
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell 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
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- 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
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden 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
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams 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
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor 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
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-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
- 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
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-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
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers 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
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell 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
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- 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
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-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
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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