House roll call 141 · 46th Congress · Dec 15, 1879
To amend H.R. 2328, (21 stat. 284, 6/16/80), a bill settling all outstanding claims against the district of columbia and conferring jurisdiction on the court of
On Dec 15, 1879, the House voted 83–117 (HR 2328). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 72–28, Republicans 4–83, Others 7–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 83
- No
- 117
- Did not vote
- 100
- Date
- Dec 15, 1879
By party
- Democrats72 yes · 28 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 83 no · 48 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted no
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE voted no
- William George Thompson R-IA voted yes
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN voted no
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
- John Floyd King D-LA voted no
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted yes
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC voted no
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted no
- John Whiteaker D-OR voted no
- Robert Klotz D-PA voted no
- John Walker Ryon D-PA voted no
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC voted no
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted yes
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted no
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA voted no
- John Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Morgan Bright 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
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-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
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Other votes
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