House roll call 64 · 44th Congress · Apr 6, 1876
To refer H.R. 1226, fixing the legal rate of interest on national money throughout the United States at not exceeding 6% per annum, to the committee of the whol
On Apr 6, 1876, the House voted 75–132 (HR 1226). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–106, Republicans 47–23, Independents 4–0, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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
- 75
- No
- 132
- Did not vote
- 101
- Date
- Apr 6, 1876
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 23 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 106 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents4 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Adam Piper D-CA voted yes
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA voted yes
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA voted no
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL voted no
- John Courts Bagby D-IL voted yes
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted yes
- James Douglas Williams D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Franklin Landers D-IN voted yes
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS voted yes
- William Ripley Brown R-KS voted no
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted no
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted yes
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted yes
- John Adams Hyman R-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY voted no
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted no
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY voted no
- Scott Lord D-NY voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- John Robbins D-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA voted no
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI voted no
- Robert Smalls R-SC voted no
- William Mcfarland D-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Willard R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Henry Sterling Magoon R-WI
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Taul Bradford D-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Edward Young Parsons D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Allen Potter D-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-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
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- William James Purman R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- William Brainerd Spencer D-LA
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- George Harman Durand D-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Smith King R-MN
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- David Dudley Field D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elias Warner Leavenworth R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- John Madison Davy R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison O-VT
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- George Washington Cate D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
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