House roll call 279 · 45th Congress · Jan 15, 1879
To adjourn, made during debate on H.R. 5477.
On Jan 15, 1879, the House voted 18–146. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–67, Republicans 2–77, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 45th Congress (1877–1878), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 146
- Did not vote
- 138
- Date
- Jan 15, 1879
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 67 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans2 yes · 77 no · 63 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- William Willis Garth D-AL voted yes
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted yes
- Rush Clark R-IA voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Turner D-KY voted yes
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted yes
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted yes
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Levi Maish D-PA
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
Other votes
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