House roll call 29 · 44th Congress · Feb 15, 1876
To pass H.R. 1440, enabling charles h. Fonde to make application to the commissioner of patents for extension of letters-patent for improvement in dredging-mach
On Feb 15, 1876, the House voted 130–102 (HR 1440). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 84–61, Republicans 42–40, Others 3–1, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 101 members voted against their own party.
During the 44th Congress (1875–1876), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 130
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Feb 15, 1876
By party
- Republicans42 yes · 40 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats84 yes · 61 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL voted no
- William Adam Piper D-CA voted no
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted no
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- James Williams D-DE voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA voted no
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA voted no
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA voted no
- James Wilson R-IA voted no
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL voted no
- Scott Wike D-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted no
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
- John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS voted no
- William Ripley Brown R-KS voted no
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY voted no
- Charles William Milliken D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD voted no
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted no
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Allen Potter D-MI voted no
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted no
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
- John Finis Philips D-MO voted no
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted no
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO voted no
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Frank Jones D-NH voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted no
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY voted no
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted no
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- John Madison Davy R-NY voted no
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
- John Simpson Savage D-OH voted no
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- John Luther Vance D-OH voted no
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH voted no
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
And 21 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Taul Bradford D-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Edward Young Parsons D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- George Harman Durand D-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elias Warner Leavenworth R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison O-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Allen Potter D-MI
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Madison Davy R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- George Washington Cate D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- William Brainerd Spencer D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- William Smith King R-MN
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- David Dudley Field D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Henry Sterling Magoon R-WI
Other votes
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