House roll call 79 · 46th Congress · May 24, 1879
To amend H.R. 564, by eliminating all after the enacting clause and inserting a clause which provides for the minting of silver dollars of 412 1/2 GRS. Troy sta
On May 24, 1879, the House voted 69–137 (HR 564). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–112, Republicans 71–26, Others 1–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 69
- No
- 137
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- May 24, 1879
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 112 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 14 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans71 yes · 26 no · 38 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Burns Belford R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted no
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA voted no
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
- 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
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV voted no
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
- Edwin Einstein R-NY voted no
- Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY voted no
- David Wilber R-NY voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY voted no
- John Van Voorhis R-NY voted no
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- William Ward R-PA voted no
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted no
- James Manning Tyler R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Moses Ayers Mccoid 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
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman 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
- Milton George Urner R-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
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-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
- William Godshalk R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- 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
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- James Henderson Blount 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
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-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
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott 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
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- 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
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-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
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- 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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Charles O'Neill 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
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins 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
- Charles Bryson Simonton 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
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon 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
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- 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
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- Daniel O'Reilly O-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
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Other votes
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