House roll call 557 · 51st Congress · Feb 25, 1891
To agree to the substitute to H.R. 13586 (22 stat 1084, mar. 3, 1891), amending the various acts relative to immigration and the importation of aliens under con
On Feb 25, 1891, the House voted 41–207 (HR 13586). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–114, Democrats 17–93. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 41 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
- 41
- No
- 207
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- Feb 25, 1891
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 93 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 114 no · 44 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted yes
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted yes
- John Henry Wilson R-KY voted yes
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted yes
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- William James Connell R-NE voted yes
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE voted yes
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted yes
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH voted yes
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH voted yes
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA voted yes
- John Dalzell R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA voted yes
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA voted yes
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted yes
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN voted yes
- Posey Green Lester D-VA voted yes
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT voted yes
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- William James Connell R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
How each representative voted: No
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-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
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble 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
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian 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
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- 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
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-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
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham 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
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-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 McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-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
- 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
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-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
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- 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
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
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