House roll call 71 · 44th Congress · Apr 21, 1876
To amend a h. Res., providing that the committee of ways and means be directed to send for persons and papers to determine reasons for said forfeiture in charge
On Apr 21, 1876, the House voted 170–38. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 89–38, Republicans 78–0, Others 4–0, Independents 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 38 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
- 170
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 97
- Date
- Apr 21, 1876
By party
- Republicans78 yes · 0 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats89 yes · 38 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL voted no
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL voted no
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL voted no
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
- William Adam Piper D-CA voted no
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA voted no
- John Young Brown D-KY voted no
- Edward Young Parsons D-KY voted no
- John Blades Clarke D-KY voted no
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA voted no
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA voted no
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD voted no
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted no
- John Finis Philips D-MO voted no
- David Rea D-MO voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted no
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted no
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH voted no
- John Luther Vance D-OH voted no
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH voted no
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH voted no
- La Fayette Lane D-OR voted no
- John Robbins D-PA voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted no
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- George Washington Cate D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- Taul Bradford D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- 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
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- 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
- 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
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Allen Potter D-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin 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
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell D-NY
- Charles Henry Adams R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn 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
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham 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
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Edward Young Parsons D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- George Washington Cate D-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- 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
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Henry Watterson D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- William Brainerd Spencer D-LA
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- George Harman Durand D-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- William Smith King R-MN
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Edwin Ruthven Meade D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- David Dudley Field D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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