To pass H.R. 3047, a bill authorizing the commissioners of the district of columbia to designate a site for a union railroad depot in washington.

On Feb 16, 1880, the House voted 104–91 (HR 3047). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 54–47, Republicans 48–36, Others 2–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 83 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: 104
No: 91
Did not vote: 103
Date: Feb 16, 1880

By party

Democrats54 yes · 47 no · 45 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 11 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans48 yes · 36 no · 51 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
James Phelps D-CT voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted no
Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
Hiram Price 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
George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
William Heilman R-IN voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN voted no
William Henry Calkins R-IN voted no
Calvin Cowgill R-IN voted no
Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted no
John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted no
Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA voted no
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
James Richard Waddill D-MO voted no
John Finis Philips D-MO voted no
John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted no
Joseph John Martin R-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted no
Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ voted no
Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ voted no
Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ voted no
Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ voted no
David Plunket Richardson R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted no
William David Hill D-OH voted no
Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
Gibson Atherton D-OH voted no
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted no
Amos Townsend R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA voted no
William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
James H. Osmer R-PA voted no
John Smythe Richardson D-SC voted no
David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
John Ford House D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
James Buchanan Richmond D-VA voted no
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted no

And 3 more.

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. 3047, a bill authorizing the…: House Vote, Feb 16, 1880,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-167/to-pass-h-r-3047-a-bill-authorizing-the (accessed 2026-10-17).