House roll call 281 · 45th Congress · Jan 15, 1879
To pass H.R. 5477.
On Jan 15, 1879, the House voted 117–70 (HR 5477). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–73, Republicans 92–7, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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
- 117
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 95
- Date
- Jan 15, 1879
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 73 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
- Republicans92 yes · 7 no · 43 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Willis Garth D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted yes
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted yes
- James Williams D-DE voted yes
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted yes
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- William Kimmel D-MD voted yes
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted no
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted no
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted yes
- David Rea D-MO voted yes
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted yes
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted yes
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted yes
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted yes
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted yes
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- Jacob Turney D-PA voted yes
- Russell Errett R-PA voted no
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted yes
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- 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
- William Aldrich R-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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Claflin 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
- 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
- Americus Vespucius Rice 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
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright 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
- 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
- William Parker Caldwell 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
How each representative voted: No
- 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 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
- John Griffin Carlisle 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
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- 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
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-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
- Washington Curran Whitthorne 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
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
- Carter Henry Harrison D-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
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie 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
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler 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
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- 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
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle 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.