House roll call 582 · 51st Congress · Mar 2, 1891
To order the previous question on the report of the conference committee on H.R. 10881, (26 stat 1106, mar. 3, 1891), to amend title 60, chapter 3 of the revise
On Mar 2, 1891, the House voted 127–77 (HR 10881). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 92–18, Democrats 34–59, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 127
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 146
- Date
- Mar 2, 1891
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 59 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Republicans92 yes · 18 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA voted yes
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT voted yes
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted yes
- Joseph Henry Sweney 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
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted no
- George Washington Smith 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
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted yes
- John Henry Wilson R-KY voted no
- Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Herman Stump D-MD voted yes
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert 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
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH voted no
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- Richard Vaux D-PA voted yes
- David B. Brunner D-PA voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA voted no
- James Kerr D-PA voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted yes
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-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
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-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
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump 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
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Solomon Gilman Comstock 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
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Copeland Wallace R-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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp 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
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Raines 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
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-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
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman 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
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-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
- 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
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis 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
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- John Lind 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
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Clarke Lewis 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
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Henderson Cate 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
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler 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
- Joseph Rea Reed 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
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk 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
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- William James Connell R-NE
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- James Sproull Cothran 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
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson 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
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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