House roll call 131 · 46th Congress · Jun 30, 1879
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2406, (21 stat. 48, 7/1/79), a bill putting salts, quinine and sulphate on the free duty list.
On Jun 30, 1879, the House voted 125–33 (HR 2406). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 104–2, Republicans 23–34, Others 10–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 members voted against their own party.
During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 125
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 128
- Date
- Jun 30, 1879
By party
- Democrats104 yes · 2 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 34 no · 78 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted yes
- William Aldrich R-IL voted yes
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted yes
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
- Edwin Willits R-MI voted yes
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted yes
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted yes
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- John Hammond R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
Did not vote
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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