House roll call 233 · 44th Congress · Jan 9, 1877
To pass a h. Res. Regarding the production of telegraphic messages sent by persons subpoened in reference to election investigations of several states.
On Jan 9, 1877, the House voted 160–31. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 132–1, Republicans 24–30, Independents 3–0, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 160
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 116
- Date
- Jan 9, 1877
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 30 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Democrats132 yes · 1 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted yes
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- John Harris Baker R-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- George Willard R-MI voted yes
- John Adams Hyman R-NC voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted yes
- Sobieski Ross R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted yes
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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 Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- Scott Wike 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
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken 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
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-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
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Allen Potter D-MI
- George Harman Durand D-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
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Scott Lord D-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
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- 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
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- 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
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
- George Washington Cate D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Elias Warner Leavenworth R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-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
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Henry Sterling Magoon R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis 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
- William James Purman R-FL
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-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
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- James Proctor Knott 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
- 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
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- William Walsh D-MD
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Smith King R-MN
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- 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
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe 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
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- John Madison Davy R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- 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
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison O-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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