House roll call 25 · 46th Congress · May 9, 1879
That when house adjourns today it adjourn to meet on monday next.
On May 9, 1879, the House voted 84–127. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–81, Republicans 59–35, Others 3–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 58 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
- 84
- No
- 127
- Did not vote
- 89
- Date
- May 9, 1879
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 81 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 11 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans59 yes · 35 no · 41 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted yes
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted no
- William Heilman R-IN voted no
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- William Ralph Myers D-IN voted yes
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN voted no
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- George Bailey Loring R-MA voted no
- William Claflin R-MA voted no
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- John Wesley Stone R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH voted no
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ voted no
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
- Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
- William Lounsbery D-NY voted yes
- John Hammond R-NY voted no
- David Wilber R-NY voted no
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH voted no
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- William Godshalk R-PA voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA voted no
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
- James H. Osmer R-PA voted no
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC voted yes
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted yes
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA voted yes
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA voted yes
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted yes
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted yes
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- William Aldrich 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
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- John Thomas Harris 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
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-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
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Thomas Turner 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
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- 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
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- 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 Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-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 Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
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
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Henry Camp 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
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Thomas Ewing 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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
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