House roll call 573 · 51st Congress · Mar 2, 1891
To consider the report of the conference committee on H.R. 10881. (p. 3709-2)
On Mar 2, 1891, the House voted 138–100 (HR 10881). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 101–26, Democrats 36–74, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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
- 138
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 112
- Date
- Mar 2, 1891
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 74 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Republicans101 yes · 26 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted yes
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted no
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted no
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted no
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN voted yes
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted no
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted no
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted yes
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- John Henry Wilson R-KY voted no
- Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Herman Stump D-MD voted yes
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN voted no
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- William James Connell R-NE voted no
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- John Michael Clancy D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY voted yes
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY voted yes
- John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY voted yes
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY voted yes
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted no
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA voted no
- James Kerr D-PA voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI 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
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- 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
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- 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
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-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
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- 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
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer 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
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Charles Henry Turner 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
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-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
- 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
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. 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
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Mutchler 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
- 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
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- 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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell 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
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- John Lind 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
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- 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
- David Browning Culberson 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
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-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
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-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
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- John Raines 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
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- 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
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott 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 Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark 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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