House roll call 294 · 44th Congress · Feb 28, 1877
To order the main question on adoption of a h. Res. Sustainthe rejection to the decisions of the electoral committee on the electoral vote of south carolina by
On Feb 28, 1877, the House voted 190–73. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 85–73, Republicans 98–0, Others 4–0, Independents 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 73 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
- 190
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Feb 28, 1877
By party
- Republicans98 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats85 yes · 73 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL voted no
- Taul Bradford D-AL voted no
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted no
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA voted no
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL voted no
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted no
- Philip Cook D-GA voted no
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN voted no
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- John Blades Clarke D-KY voted no
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA voted no
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD voted no
- William James O'Brien D-MD voted no
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted no
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted no
- John Finis Philips D-MO voted no
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted no
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC voted no
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY voted no
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY voted no
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted no
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted no
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH voted no
- John Luther Vance D-OH voted no
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH voted no
- La Fayette Lane D-OR voted no
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted no
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted no
- William Henry Stanton D-PA voted no
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted no
- Levi Maish D-PA voted no
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted no
- Jacob Turney D-PA voted no
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA voted no
- James Sheakley D-PA voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- William Terry D-VA voted no
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI voted no
- George Washington Cate D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Julian Hartridge 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
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-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
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-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
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- 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
- 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
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Philip Francis Thomas 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
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Allen Potter D-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-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
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis 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
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell 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
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elias Warner Leavenworth 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
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John Ford House 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
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison O-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Henry Sterling Magoon R-WI
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Taul Bradford D-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- George Washington Cate D-WI
Did not vote
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- Edward Young Parsons D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- William Brainerd Spencer D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- George Harman Durand D-MI
- William Smith King R-MN
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- David Dudley Field D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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