House roll call 319 · 45th Congress · Feb 11, 1879
To adjourn in order to prevent action on the committee on patents reports.
On Feb 11, 1879, the House voted 59–96. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 37–47, Republicans 21–48, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 58 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
- 59
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 147
- Date
- Feb 11, 1879
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 47 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
- Republicans21 yes · 48 no · 73 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL voted yes
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted yes
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted yes
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted yes
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted yes
- Levi Warner D-CT voted yes
- James Williams D-DE voted yes
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted yes
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Turner D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA voted yes
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD voted yes
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD voted yes
- William Kimmel D-MD voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI voted yes
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted yes
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted yes
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY voted yes
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Camp R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted yes
- Richard Williams R-OR voted yes
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted yes
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted yes
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA voted yes
- John Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted yes
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted yes
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-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
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- George Washington Patterson 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
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- 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
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle 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
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- David Rea 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
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend 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
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Morgan Bright 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
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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