House roll call 198 · 44th Congress · Aug 14, 1876
To drect the sergeant-at-arms to bring in absentees to establish a quorum.
On Aug 14, 1876, the House voted 79–32. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 77–3, Republicans 2–29. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 44th Congress (1875–1876), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 79
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 197
- Date
- Aug 14, 1876
By party
- Republicans2 yes · 29 no · 80 didn’t vote
- Democrats77 yes · 3 no · 108 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN voted no
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS voted no
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA voted no
- George Willard R-MI voted yes
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Taul Bradford D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- James Williams D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Allen Potter D-MI
- George Harman Durand D-MI
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Madison Davy R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Henry Sterling Magoon R-WI
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Edward Young Parsons D-KY
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- William Brainerd Spencer D-LA
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Smith King R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- David Dudley Field D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elias Warner Leavenworth R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison O-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- George Washington Cate D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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