House roll call 546 · 51st Congress · Feb 21, 1891
To order an engrossment and 3rd reading of S. 174. (p. 3002-2)
On Feb 21, 1891, the House voted 140–87 (S 174). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 122–16, Democrats 17–71, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 140
- No
- 87
- Did not vote
- 123
- Date
- Feb 21, 1891
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 71 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Republicans122 yes · 16 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- John Henry Wilson R-KY voted no
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- Herman Stump D-MD voted yes
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE voted no
- Alonzo Nute R-NH voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- John McClure Wiley D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX 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
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston 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
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-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
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- 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
- Edward Payson Allen R-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
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William James Connell R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- 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
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor 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
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick 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
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- 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 Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- 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
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- 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
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-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
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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