House roll call 224 · 44th Congress · Dec 20, 1876
To amend a h. Res. Providing that upon refusal of a subpoenaed witness to appear before the house his name and the circumstances be reported, by providing that
On Dec 20, 1876, the House voted 93–122. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–119, Republicans 71–1, Independents 2–1, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 93
- No
- 122
- Did not vote
- 93
- Date
- Dec 20, 1876
By party
- Republicans71 yes · 1 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 119 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents2 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS voted yes
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD voted yes
- George Willard R-MI voted no
- Allen Potter D-MI voted yes
- George Harman Durand D-MI voted yes
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY voted yes
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted yes
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH voted yes
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted yes
- La Fayette Lane D-OR voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Allen Potter D-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- George Harman Durand D-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams 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
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Madison Davy R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Henry Sterling Magoon R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Taul Bradford D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- William Brainerd Spencer D-LA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- George Willard R-MI
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
- George Washington Cate D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Edward Young Parsons D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- William Walsh D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Smith King R-MN
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- David Dudley Field D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison O-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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