House roll call 28 · 44th Congress · Feb 14, 1876
To suspend the rules and pass a h. Res. Providing for a sound and stable currency by granting the secretary of treasury power necessary to resume specie payment
On Feb 14, 1876, the House voted 85–139. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–129, Republicans 74–12, Others 2–1, Independents 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 85
- No
- 139
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Feb 14, 1876
By party
- Republicans74 yes · 12 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 129 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted no
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- John Courts Bagby D-IL voted yes
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN voted no
- 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
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA voted yes
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
- Allen Potter D-MI voted yes
- George Harman Durand D-MI voted yes
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO voted yes
- John Adams Hyman R-NC voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Joseph Powell D-PA voted yes
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale 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
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler 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
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Madison Davy R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison O-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Alanson Mellen Kimball 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
- 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
- James Phelps D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- 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
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-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
- 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
- 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
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- 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
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- 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
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler 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
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Milton Sayler 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
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- William Mcfarland D-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
- 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
- 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
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard 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
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- William James Purman R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- William Brainerd Spencer D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- William Smith King R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- David Dudley Field D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Henry Sterling Magoon R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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