House roll call 98 · 44th Congress · Jun 1, 1876
To amend H.R. 2935 by providing that the President appoint a commission of seven army officers who are to report through the President their opinion as to the b
On Jun 1, 1876, the House voted 88–114 (HR 2935). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–117, Republicans 76–0, Others 4–1, Independents 1–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 12 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
- 88
- No
- 114
- Did not vote
- 96
- Date
- Jun 1, 1876
By party
- Republicans76 yes · 0 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 117 no · 59 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no
- Independents1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN voted yes
- William Mallory Levy D-LA voted yes
- Allen Potter D-MI voted yes
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Haralson R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Quincy Tufts 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
- Richard Henry Whiting R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Summerville Haymond D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- William Ripley Brown R-KS
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- William Mallory Levy D-LA
- Charles Edmund Nash R-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Rufus Smith Frost R-MA
- Julius Hawley Seelye I-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Harris Merrill Plaisted R-ME
- 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Smith King R-MN
- Edward Charles Kehr D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Guilford Wiley Wells O-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- 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
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elias Warner Leavenworth R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Madison Davy R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Nelson Ira Norton R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Charles Foster R-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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey O-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison O-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams 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
- Taul Bradford D-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Adam Piper D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- James Williams D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth D-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- John Valcoulon Le Moyne D-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- William Black Anderson I-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Franklin Landers D-IN
- John Randolph Goodin D-KS
- 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
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Charles Perkins Thompson D-MA
- John Kemble Tarbox D-MA
- Chester William Chapin D-MA
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- George Harman Durand D-MI
- Robert Anthony Hatcher 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 Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Frederick Halstead Teese D-NJ
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe 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
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Scott Lord D-NY
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John Simpson Savage D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Earley Franklin Poppleton D-OH
- Ansel Tracy Walling D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- John Reilly D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran D-PA
- James Sheakley D-PA
- William Mcfarland D-TN
- 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
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- George Washington Cate D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- William Wallace Wilshire D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Alexander Campbell I-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- John Courts Bagby D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Andrew Humphreys D-IN
- James Douglas Williams D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Nathan Tracy Carr D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- Henry Watterson 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
- Josiah Gardner Abbott D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks I-MA
- William Wirt Warren D-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- Edwin Flye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Adams Hyman R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- William Woodburn R-NV
- 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
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- John Luther Vance D-OH
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan D-OH
- George Augustus La Dow D-OR
- La Fayette Lane D-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Alan Wood Jr. R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- William Henry Stanton D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Joseph Powell D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- George Augustus Jenks D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Charles Wilson Buttz R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
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