House roll call 14 · 46th Congress · Apr 14, 1879
To suspend the rules and adopt a resolution providing that no legislation changing law regarding currency or tariff should be undertaken at the present session
On Apr 14, 1879, the House voted 108–118. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–105, Republicans 102–2, Others 1–16. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 13 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
- 108
- No
- 118
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Apr 14, 1879
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 105 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 16 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans102 yes · 2 no · 31 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted yes
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- 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
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- James Phelps D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-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
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. 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
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Richard Waddill 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
- Aylett Hawes Buckner 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
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- John Smythe Richardson 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
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
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
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- William Heilman R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-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
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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