House roll call 280 · 45th Congress · Jan 15, 1879
To table H.R. 5477.
On Jan 15, 1879, the House voted 72–115 (HR 54). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 70–30, Republicans 7–92, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 members voted against their own party.
During the 45th Congress (1877–1878), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 72
- No
- 115
- Did not vote
- 101
- Date
- Jan 15, 1879
By party
- Democrats70 yes · 30 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
- Republicans7 yes · 92 no · 43 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted no
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted no
- James Williams D-DE voted no
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted no
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted no
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL voted no
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- William Kimmel D-MD voted no
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted yes
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
- David Rea D-MO voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted no
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted no
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
- Levi Maish D-PA voted no
- Jacob Turney D-PA voted no
- Russell Errett R-PA voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted no
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.