House roll call 351 · 45th Congress · Feb 27, 1879
To adopt a conference report on H.R. 4414.
On Feb 27, 1879, the House voted 148–116 (HR 4414). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 119–18, Republicans 27–99, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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
- 148
- No
- 116
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 27, 1879
By party
- Democrats119 yes · 18 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
- Republicans27 yes · 99 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Horace Davis R-CA voted yes
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- Levi Warner D-CT voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA voted yes
- William Aldrich R-IL voted yes
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL voted yes
- William Lathrop R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
- William Hartzell D-IL voted no
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted yes
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted yes
- Nathan Cole R-MO voted yes
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted yes
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted yes
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Wren R-NV voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted yes
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted no
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
- George Washington Patterson R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted yes
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
- Robert Smalls R-SC voted yes
- James Henry Randolph R-TN voted yes
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted yes
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Willis Garth 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
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- 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
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis 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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money 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
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-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
- 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
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- 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
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp 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
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-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
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne 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
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Did not vote
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Frank Welch R-NE
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
Other votes
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