House roll call 370 · 46th Congress · Feb 2, 1881
To consider H.R. 4748, a bill to establish a board of commissioners of the inter-state commerce, over on objection.
On Feb 2, 1881, the House voted 98–150 (HR 4748). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 59–63, Republicans 28–83, Others 12–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 98
- No
- 150
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Feb 2, 1881
By party
- Democrats59 yes · 63 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 83 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- William James Samford D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Williams D-AL voted yes
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Horace Davis R-CA voted yes
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA voted yes
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA voted yes
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- James Washington Singleton D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN voted yes
- William Ralph Myers D-IN voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted yes
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted yes
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Turner D-KY voted yes
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted yes
- Edwin Willits R-MI voted yes
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted yes
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted yes
- John Finis Philips D-MO voted yes
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted yes
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted yes
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted yes
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted yes
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted yes
- Ossian Ray R-NH voted yes
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ voted yes
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH voted yes
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted yes
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted yes
- Gibson Atherton D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- William Godshalk R-PA voted yes
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted yes
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA voted yes
- Russell Errett R-PA voted yes
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted yes
- Harry White R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA voted yes
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC voted yes
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted yes
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted yes
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
- John Ford House D-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Olin Wellborn D-TX voted yes
And 7 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Philip Cook D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson 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
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- John Alexander Anderson 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
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Michael Patrick O'Connor 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
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-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
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry 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
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Frank Hiscock 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
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker 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
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- Henry Persons O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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