House roll call 83 · 44th Congress · May 8, 1876
To refer to committee on judiciary the h. Res. Providing that the several investigation committees of house conduct same with open doors while testimony is bein
On May 8, 1876, the House voted 101–110. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–110, Republicans 82–0, Others 4–1, Independents 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 101
- No
- 110
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- May 8, 1876
By party
- Republicans82 yes · 0 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 110 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no
- Independents2 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Taul Bradford D-AL voted yes
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN voted yes
- Charles William Milliken D-KY voted yes
- William James O'Brien D-MD voted yes
- Allen Potter D-MI voted yes
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted yes
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO voted yes
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- John Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- Taul Bradford D-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Allen Potter D-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- Elias Warner Leavenworth R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Madison Davy R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison O-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Henry Sterling Magoon R-WI
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- James Williams D-DE
- William Ephraim Smith 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
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Young Brown 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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Finis Philips 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
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Milton Sayler 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
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- John Robbins D-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins 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
- Roger Quarles Mills 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
- William Terry D-VA
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- William Brainerd Spencer D-LA
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- George Harman Durand D-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- William Smith King R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- David Dudley Field 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
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- George Washington Cate D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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