House roll call 109 · 46th Congress · Jun 17, 1879
To adjourn because of late hour and apparent lack of quorum.
On Jun 17, 1879, the House voted 86–80. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–78, Republicans 64–0, Others 10–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 86
- No
- 80
- Did not vote
- 134
- Date
- Jun 17, 1879
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 78 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans64 yes · 0 no · 71 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- William Ralph Myers D-IN voted yes
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted yes
- William Kimmel D-MD voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- John Walker Ryon D-PA voted yes
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- James Phelps D-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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