House roll call 139 · 46th Congress · Dec 9, 1879
To amend a resolution regarding the holiday recess by changing the date for adjournment to dec. 19, 1879, instead of dec. 23, 1879.
On Dec 9, 1879, the House voted 125–102. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 56–57, Republicans 60–40, Others 9–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 96 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
- 102
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Dec 9, 1879
By party
- Democrats56 yes · 57 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans60 yes · 40 no · 35 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL voted yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Williams D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Horace Davis R-CA voted no
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL voted yes
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
- William George Thompson R-IA voted no
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA voted no
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL voted no
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- William Ralph Myers D-IN voted yes
- William Henry Calkins R-IN voted no
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted yes
- Edward White Robertson D-LA voted yes
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- William Kimmel D-MD voted yes
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted yes
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- John Wesley Stone R-MI voted no
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Henry Poehler D-MN voted yes
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted yes
- James Richard Waddill D-MO voted yes
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted yes
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted yes
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted yes
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC voted yes
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ voted no
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY voted no
- John William Ferdon R-NY voted no
- William Lounsbery D-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted yes
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
- Gibson Atherton D-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- John Whiteaker D-OR voted yes
And 16 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Russell Errett R-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
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- William James Samford D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- Philip Cook D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-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
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- William David Hill D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-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
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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