House roll call 329 · 46th Congress · Dec 17, 1880
To dispense with private business for the day, in order to consider private bills.
On Dec 17, 1880, the House voted 107–92. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 54–43, Republicans 47–44, Others 6–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 87 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
- 107
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- Dec 17, 1880
By party
- Democrats54 yes · 43 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans47 yes · 44 no · 44 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- Philip Cook D-GA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
- William George Thompson R-IA voted no
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA voted no
- William Aldrich R-IL voted no
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted no
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- William Ralph Myers D-IN voted no
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted no
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY voted no
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted no
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA voted no
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA voted no
- William Claflin R-MA voted no
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
- Amasa Norcross R-MA voted no
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted no
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted no
- Milton George Urner R-MD voted no
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted no
- John Wesley Stone R-MI voted no
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Henry Poehler D-MN voted no
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY voted no
- John Hammond R-NY voted no
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted no
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted no
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
- Gibson Atherton D-OH voted no
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted no
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- William Ward R-PA voted no
- William Godshalk R-PA voted no
- Robert Klotz D-PA voted no
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
- Russell Errett R-PA voted no
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN voted no
- Olin Wellborn D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
And 7 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- John Finis Philips 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
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs 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
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham 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
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Phelps D-CT
- Philip Cook D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson R-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
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb 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
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- William James Samford D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money 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
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-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
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham 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
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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