House roll call 285 · 45th Congress · Jan 15, 1879
To adjourn.
On Jan 15, 1879, the House voted 69–102. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 49–38, Republicans 19–63, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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
- 69
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 131
- Date
- Jan 15, 1879
By party
- Democrats49 yes · 38 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
- Republicans19 yes · 63 no · 60 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted no
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
- Horace Davis R-CA voted yes
- James Williams D-DE voted no
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA voted yes
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL voted no
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Benjamin Dean D-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- William Claflin R-MA voted yes
- Amasa Norcross R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD voted no
- John Wesley Stone R-MI voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted no
- David Rea D-MO voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted no
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
- Frank Jones D-NH 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
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
- John Henry Starin R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted yes
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted yes
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted no
- Jacob Turney D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
- Robert Smalls R-SC voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- John Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Williams D-DE
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton 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
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey 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
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- 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
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner 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
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- William Henry Calkins 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
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-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
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- 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 Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
Other votes
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