House roll call 227 · 44th Congress · Jan 8, 1877
To amend a motion referring H.R. 4330, a bill providing for the coinage of silver dollars, to the committee on mines and mining by referring it to the committee
On Jan 8, 1877, the House voted 74–123 (HR 4330). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–92, Republicans 46–29, Others 1–1, Independents 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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
- 74
- No
- 123
- Did not vote
- 111
- Date
- Jan 8, 1877
By party
- Republicans46 yes · 29 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 92 no · 70 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Adam Piper D-CA voted yes
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted yes
- Levi Warner D-CT voted yes
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA voted no
- James Wilson R-IA voted no
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL voted no
- Scott Wike D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted no
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
- John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
- William Ripley Brown R-KS voted no
- John Daugherty White R-KY voted no
- William Mallory Levy D-LA voted yes
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA voted yes
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA voted yes
- William James O'Brien D-MD voted yes
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Allen Potter D-MI voted yes
- William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
- George Harman Durand D-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted no
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted yes
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY voted yes
- Elias Warner Leavenworth R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH voted no
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Powell D-PA voted yes
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA voted yes
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Allen Potter D-MI
- George Harman Durand D-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Madison Davy R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Henry Sterling Magoon R-WI
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Taul Bradford D-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- 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
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Elias Warner Leavenworth R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- 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
- John Hancock D-TX
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- George Washington Cate D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Edward Young Parsons D-KY
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson 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
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Smith King R-MN
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss 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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison O-VT
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
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