House roll call 326 · 44th Congress · Mar 3, 1877
To suspend the rules and pass a bill providing for the erection of a fire proof building for a national museum.
On Mar 3, 1877, the House voted 105–78 (S 125). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–73, Republicans 68–3, Others 2–1, Independents 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 105
- No
- 78
- Did not vote
- 125
- Date
- Mar 3, 1877
By party
- Republicans68 yes · 3 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 73 no · 82 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents2 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- James Williams D-DE voted yes
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN voted yes
- Henry Watterson D-KY voted yes
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA voted yes
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA voted yes
- William James O'Brien D-MD voted yes
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted yes
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted yes
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY voted yes
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- John Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted yes
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA voted yes
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- William Terry D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- James Williams D-DE
- William James Purman R-FL
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. 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
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Madison Davy R-NY
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-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
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- William Terry 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
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne 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
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne 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 Goode Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Taul Bradford D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-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 Steele Holman D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- Edward Young Parsons D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- William Brainerd Spencer D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-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
- William Walsh D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Allen Potter D-MI
- George Harman Durand D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Smith King R-MN
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- David Dudley Field D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elias Warner Leavenworth R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-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
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-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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