House roll call 46 · 45th Congress · Dec 14, 1877
To concur in Senate amendment to H.J.RES. 48 authorizing the President, with Senate's consent, to appoint a commissionergeneral to represent the U.S. At the exp
On Dec 14, 1877, the House voted 124–91. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 32–93, Republicans 104–10, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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
- 124
- No
- 91
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Dec 14, 1877
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 93 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans104 yes · 10 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted yes
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- Levi Warner D-CT voted yes
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- John Hanna R-IN voted no
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
- John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD voted yes
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD voted yes
- William Kimmel D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted yes
- William Walsh D-MD voted yes
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI voted no
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- William Davis Veeder D-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
- Terence John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted yes
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted yes
- John Sills Jones R-OH voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
- Russell Errett R-PA voted no
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted yes
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- 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
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson 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 Willits R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer 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
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Frank Welch R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff 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
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell 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
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- James Williams D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- 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
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort 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
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- 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
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin 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
- 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
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle 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
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- 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
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- 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
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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