House roll call 129 · 46th Congress · Jun 30, 1879
To refer H.R. 2395, a bill regulating exemptions in the United States district and circuit courts, to the committee of ways and means.
On Jun 30, 1879, the House voted 18–139 (HR 2395). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–81, Republicans 16–46, Others 0–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 18
- No
- 139
- Did not vote
- 144
- Date
- Jun 30, 1879
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 81 no · 63 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 12 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 46 no · 73 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Aldrich R-IL voted yes
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA voted yes
- Edwin Willits R-MI voted yes
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted yes
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted yes
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH voted yes
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ voted yes
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ voted yes
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted yes
- John Van Voorhis R-NY voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- William Godshalk R-PA voted yes
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Aldrich R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley 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
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- 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
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Did not vote
- William James Samford D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn 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
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-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
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John William Ferdon 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
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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