To pass H.R. 1381, (21 stat 328, 6/16/80), a bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the potomac river at georgetown, district of columbia.

On Jan 19, 1880, the House voted 114–70 (HR 1381). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 60–38, Republicans 52–26, Others 3–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 64 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: 114
No: 70
Did not vote: 114
Date: Jan 19, 1880

By party

Democrats60 yes · 38 no · 48 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans52 yes · 26 no · 57 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William James Samford D-AL voted no
Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL voted no
Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
Horace Davis R-CA voted no
Romualdo Pacheco R-CA voted no
James Phelps D-CT voted no
John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA voted no
William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted no
William George Thompson R-IA voted no
William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
William Aldrich R-IL voted no
Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
William Ralph Myers D-IN voted no
Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN voted no
John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted no
Elijah Conner Phister D-KY voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
John Wesley Stone R-MI voted no
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
James Richard Waddill D-MO voted no
Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO voted no
Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
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 no
James Way Covert D-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted no
John Hammond R-NY voted no
Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
Gibson Atherton D-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
William Godshalk R-PA voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
Olin Wellborn D-TX voted no
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.R. 1381, (21 stat 328, 6/16/80), a…: House Vote, Jan 19…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-153/to-pass-h-r-1381-21-stat-328-6 (accessed 2026-10-17).