House roll call 17 · 46th Congress · Apr 19, 1879
To amend H.R. 4, (21 stat. 7, 6/7/79), a bill providing for the interchange of subsidiary coins for legal-tender money under certain circumstances, and making s
On Apr 19, 1879, the House voted 123–103 (HR 4). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 94–15, Republicans 14–91, Others 17–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 123
- No
- 103
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Apr 19, 1879
By party
- Democrats94 yes · 15 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 91 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Burns Belford R-CO voted yes
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE voted no
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- William Henry Calkins R-IN voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- William Kimmel D-MD voted no
- Henry Poehler D-MN voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
- Joseph John Martin R-NC voted yes
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE voted yes
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
- John Whiteaker D-OR voted no
- William Godshalk R-PA voted yes
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted yes
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis 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
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull 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
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks 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
- 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 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
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost 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
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money 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
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Michael Patrick O'Connor 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
- 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
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark 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
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-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
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-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
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin 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
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-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
- Harry White R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Did not vote
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Nicholas Muller 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
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Other votes
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