House roll call 570 · 51st Congress · Feb 28, 1891
To concur in the Senate amendment to bill H.R. 10881, (26 stat 1106, mar. 3, 1891), amending title LX, chapter 3, of the revised statutes of the U.S., which ame
On Feb 28, 1891, the House voted 64–128 (HR 10881). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–86, Democrats 42–42. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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
- 64
- No
- 128
- Did not vote
- 158
- Date
- Feb 28, 1891
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 42 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 86 no · 74 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA voted no
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT voted no
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted no
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted no
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted no
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted yes
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN voted no
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN voted no
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted yes
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted yes
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY voted no
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY voted no
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
- Andrew Price D-LA voted no
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted no
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted no
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted no
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI voted no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted no
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted no
- John Michael Clancy D-NY voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- John Quinn D-NY voted no
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted no
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY voted yes
- John Raines R-NY voted yes
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH voted no
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted yes
- Richard Vaux D-PA voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted no
- David B. Brunner D-PA voted no
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA voted yes
- James Kerr D-PA voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted no
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted no
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted yes
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted yes
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted yes
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI voted yes
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted no
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson 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
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-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
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks 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
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Henry Hatch 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
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner 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
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman 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
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor 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
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner 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
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- 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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