House roll call 161 · 46th Congress · Feb 9, 1880
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4412, a bill regulating practice in suits brought to recover damages for damages for infringement of patents.
On Feb 9, 1880, the House voted 196–29 (HR 4412). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 100–11, Republicans 82–18, Others 15–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 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
- 196
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Feb 9, 1880
By party
- Democrats100 yes · 11 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans82 yes · 18 no · 35 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted no
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted no
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA voted no
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- William Augustus Russell R-MA voted no
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY voted no
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- William Ward R-PA voted no
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
- Harry White R-PA voted no
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI voted no
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette 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
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- 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
- 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
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- 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
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Finis Philips 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
- 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
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer 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
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer 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
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- James H. Osmer 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
- 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
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Edwin Einstein 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
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- David Wilber 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
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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