House roll call 61 · 46th Congress · May 23, 1879
To amend H.R. 564, by providing an additional section as follows--that all gold and silver certificates provided for by this act be full legal tender for all pu
On May 23, 1879, the House voted 73–135 (HR 564). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 62–43, Republicans 1–98, Others 15–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- 73
- No
- 135
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- May 23, 1879
By party
- Democrats62 yes · 43 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 98 no · 36 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL voted no
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL voted no
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR voted no
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted no
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY voted no
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA voted no
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- William Kimmel D-MD voted no
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted no
- Henry Poehler D-MN voted no
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted no
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC voted no
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted no
- Gibson Atherton D-OH voted no
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
- Robert Klotz D-PA voted no
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- John Ford House D-TN voted no
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- John Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Philip Cook 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 McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- 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
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- 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
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-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
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam 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 Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Gibson Atherton 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
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell 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
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Eppa Hunton 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
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- William David Hill D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- 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
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Other votes
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