House roll call 252 · 44th Congress · Jan 27, 1877
To adjourn the house and thereby delay action on the charges against j. Madison wills, thomas c. Andreson, g. Casanair and lewis m. Krumm in contempt for a viol
On Jan 27, 1877, the House voted 40–200. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–148, Republicans 37–47, Others 1–3, Independents 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 38 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
- 40
- No
- 200
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Jan 27, 1877
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 47 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 148 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 2 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 Quincy Tufts R-IA voted yes
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted yes
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL voted yes
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN voted yes
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN voted yes
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted yes
- John Daugherty White R-KY voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Edwin Flye R-ME voted yes
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- William Woodburn R-NV voted yes
- Andrew Williams R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA voted yes
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI voted yes
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted yes
- Robert Smalls R-SC voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT voted yes
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
- Henry Sterling Magoon R-WI voted yes
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell 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
- John Henry Caldwell 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
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort 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
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-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
- William Walsh D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard 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
- 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
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-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
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- David Dudley Field D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elias Warner Leavenworth R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Madison Davy R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- John Black Packer R-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
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison O-VT
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
- George Washington Cate D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- Edward Young Parsons D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- William Brainerd Spencer D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Smith King R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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