House roll call 67 · 44th Congress · Apr 12, 1876
To adjourn the house and thereby prevent action on H.R. 2571 (legislative appropriation bill) due to a lack of quorum.
On Apr 12, 1876, the House voted 25–114. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–89, Republicans 23–24, Others 1–0, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 24 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
- 25
- No
- 114
- Did not vote
- 169
- Date
- Apr 12, 1876
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 24 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 89 no · 98 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted yes
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN voted yes
- John Harris Baker R-IN voted yes
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- George Willard R-MI voted yes
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY voted yes
- Andrew Williams R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted yes
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Willard R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Dudley Chase Denison O-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Taul Bradford D-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Allen Potter D-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Hartzell D-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
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Edward Young Parsons D-KY
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Harman Durand D-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Smith King R-MN
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY
- David Dudley Field D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- Scott Lord D-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
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- 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
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- David Browning Culberson 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
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Henry Sterling Magoon R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
- George Washington Cate D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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