House roll call 304 · 45th Congress · Jan 31, 1879
To adjourn.
On Jan 31, 1879, the House voted 65–55. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–32, Democrats 34–25, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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
- 65
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 180
- Date
- Jan 31, 1879
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 25 no · 99 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 32 no · 80 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted no
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted yes
- Rush Clark R-IA voted yes
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA voted yes
- William Lathrop R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- John Hanna R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
- John Harris Baker R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY voted no
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA voted no
- Edwin Willits R-MI voted yes
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- Nathan Cole R-MO voted yes
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted yes
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted no
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE voted yes
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ voted yes
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted no
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY voted yes
- Solomon Bundy R-NY voted yes
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted yes
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted no
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
- William Ward R-PA voted yes
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted yes
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted yes
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
- Harry White R-PA voted yes
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA voted yes
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
- Robert Smalls R-SC voted yes
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted no
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Hanna R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-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
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-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
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison 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
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark 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
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-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
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.