House roll call 32 · 45th Congress · Dec 1, 1877
To suspend the rule and agree to the resolution, instructing the committee on patents to report to the house a bill prohibiting suits for infringements of paten
On Dec 1, 1877, the House voted 113–43. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 49–33, Republicans 64–9, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 42 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
- 113
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 145
- Date
- Dec 1, 1877
By party
- Democrats49 yes · 33 no · 76 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
- Republicans64 yes · 9 no · 69 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Taylor Jones D-AL voted no
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
- Levi Warner D-CT voted no
- Julian Hartridge D-GA voted no
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted no
- Philip Cook D-GA voted no
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted no
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted no
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted no
- John Henry Camp R-NY voted no
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted no
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted no
- Levi Maish D-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN voted no
- John Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA voted no
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted no
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted no
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-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
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-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
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis 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
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
Other votes
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