House roll call 323 · 44th Congress · Mar 3, 1877
To suspend the rules and pass a bill repairing and rebuilding the levees of the mississippi river and to reclaiming its alluvial lands.
On Mar 3, 1877, the House voted 72–113 (HR 34). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 46–61, Republicans 26–49, Others 1–3, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 72 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
- 72
- No
- 113
- Did not vote
- 121
- Date
- Mar 3, 1877
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 49 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 61 no · 81 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL voted yes
- Taul Bradford D-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR voted yes
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted yes
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted yes
- James Burns Belford R-CO voted yes
- William James Purman R-FL voted yes
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL voted yes
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA voted yes
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA voted yes
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted yes
- Scott Wike D-IL voted yes
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN voted yes
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted yes
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY voted yes
- Henry Watterson D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
- John Blades Clarke D-KY voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- William Mallory Levy D-LA voted yes
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA voted yes
- William Wirt Warren D-MA voted yes
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD voted yes
- George Willard R-MI voted yes
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted yes
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted yes
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted yes
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted yes
- John Adams Hyman R-NC voted yes
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Powell D-PA voted yes
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC voted yes
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Robert Smalls R-SC voted yes
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN voted yes
- John Ford House D-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX voted yes
- John Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
- William Terry D-VA voted yes
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- Taul Bradford D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell 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
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- William James Purman R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Scott Wike D-IL
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- George Willard R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Andrew Humphreys 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
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- 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
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- William James O'Brien 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
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY
- David Dudley Field D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- John Madison Davy R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris 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
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Edward Young Parsons D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Frank Morey R-LA
- William Brainerd Spencer D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Allen Potter D-MI
- George Harman Durand D-MI
- William Smith King R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- Elias Warner Leavenworth R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
- George Washington Cate D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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