House roll call 283 · 45th Congress · Jan 15, 1879
To table H.R. 5548.
On Jan 15, 1879, the House voted 41–155 (HR 5448). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–105, Republicans 33–61, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 42 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
- 41
- No
- 155
- Did not vote
- 92
- Date
- Jan 15, 1879
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 105 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans33 yes · 61 no · 48 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted yes
- James Williams D-DE voted yes
- William Lathrop R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Dean D-MA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- William Claflin R-MA voted yes
- Amasa Norcross R-MA voted yes
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted yes
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN voted yes
- Nathan Cole R-MO voted yes
- Frank Jones D-NH voted yes
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted yes
- Anson George Mccook R-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Williams R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Starin R-NY voted yes
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Camp R-NY voted yes
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted yes
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted yes
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted yes
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted yes
- John Sills Jones R-OH voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Amos Townsend R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- William Ward R-PA voted yes
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted yes
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI voted yes
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted yes
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Frank Jones D-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
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 Willis Garth D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-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
- Carter Henry Harrison D-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
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell 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
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie 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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-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
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- 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
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-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
- 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
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-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
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-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
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- 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
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
Other votes
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