House roll call 284 · 45th Congress · Jan 15, 1879
To pass H.R. 5548.
On Jan 15, 1879, the House voted 153–43 (HR 5448). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 99–12, Republicans 65–31, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 43 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
- 153
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 93
- Date
- Jan 15, 1879
By party
- Democrats99 yes · 12 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
- Republicans65 yes · 31 no · 46 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Williams D-DE voted no
- William Lathrop R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Dean D-MA voted no
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- William Claflin R-MA voted no
- Amasa Norcross R-MA voted no
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD voted no
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN voted no
- Nathan Cole R-MO voted no
- Frank Jones D-NH voted no
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Andrew Williams R-NY voted no
- John Henry Starin R-NY voted no
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted no
- John Henry Camp R-NY voted no
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted no
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted no
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted no
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted no
- John Sills Jones R-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- William Ward R-PA voted no
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI voted no
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted no
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT 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
- 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 Parks Bell 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
- 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
- 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
- James La Fayette Evans 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
- John Griffin Carlisle 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
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Edwin Willits 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
- 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
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James 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
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Amos Townsend 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
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger 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
- Robert Smalls R-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
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- James Williams D-DE
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed 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
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight 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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
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
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens 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
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- 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
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan 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
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-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
- 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
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.