House roll call 40 · 44th Congress · Mar 13, 1876
To suspend the rules and pass a h. Res. Providing that the people of the United States constitute one nation which is of, for, and by the people, and that any s
On Mar 13, 1876, the House voted 97–75. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–76, Republicans 80–0, Others 2–1, Independents 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 97
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 129
- Date
- Mar 13, 1876
By party
- Republicans80 yes · 0 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 76 no · 95 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA voted yes
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN voted yes
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS 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
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- John Luther Vance D-OH voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Powell D-PA voted yes
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Quincy Tufts R-IA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-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
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-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
- 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
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-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
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- 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
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- 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
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Rezin A. De Bolt D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-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
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- 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
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- George Washington Cate D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- William Henry Barnum 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
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham 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
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Smith King R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- David Dudley Field D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-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
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
- Alanson Mellen Kimball R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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