House roll call 327 · 45th Congress · Feb 18, 1879
To proceed to consideration of the reports of the committee on ways and means.
On Feb 18, 1879, the House voted 91–135. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 32–83, Republicans 57–52, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 84 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
- 91
- No
- 135
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Feb 18, 1879
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 83 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
- Republicans57 yes · 52 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR voted yes
- Horace Davis R-CA voted no
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- James Williams D-DE voted yes
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA voted no
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA voted no
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA voted no
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL voted yes
- William Lathrop R-IL voted no
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
- John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted yes
- John Smith Young D-LA voted yes
- William Kimmel D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted no
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI voted no
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN voted no
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted no
- Nathan Cole R-MO voted no
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted no
- David Rea D-MO voted yes
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE voted no
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY voted no
- Andrew Williams R-NY voted no
- Solomon Bundy R-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted no
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH voted no
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
- Amos Townsend R-OH voted no
- Richard Williams R-OR voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted no
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted no
- Robert Smalls R-SC voted no
- James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted no
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA voted yes
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted yes
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted yes
And 4 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- David Rea D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Did not vote
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
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