House roll call 296 · 45th Congress · Jan 29, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143 by increasing the appropriation for the compensation of letter carriers from $1,900,000 to $2,000,000.
On Jan 29, 1879, the House voted 137–93 (HR 6143). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 109–7, Democrats 29–85, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 137
- No
- 93
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- Jan 29, 1879
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 85 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans109 yes · 7 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Willis Garth D-AL voted yes
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted yes
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- James Williams D-DE voted yes
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted yes
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted yes
- Edward White Robertson D-LA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- William Kimmel D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- William Davis Veeder D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Ewing D-OH voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- 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
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson 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
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- 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
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey 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
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames 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
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- William Ephraim Smith 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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks 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
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-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
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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