House roll call 240 · 46th Congress · Apr 20, 1880
To adjourn because of apparent lack of quorum, motion made during debate on H.R. 4924.
On Apr 20, 1880, the House voted 103–107 (HR 4924). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 75–33, Republicans 22–66, Others 6–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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
- 103
- No
- 107
- Did not vote
- 91
- Date
- Apr 20, 1880
By party
- Democrats75 yes · 33 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 66 no · 47 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL voted no
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted yes
- Frederick Miles R-CT voted yes
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN voted no
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted no
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted no
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY voted no
- Edward White Robertson D-LA voted no
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA voted yes
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA voted yes
- Amasa Norcross R-MA voted yes
- Henry Poehler D-MN voted no
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
- James Richard Waddill D-MO voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Joseph John Martin R-NC voted yes
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ voted no
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ voted yes
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV voted yes
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Starin R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
- Thomas Ewing D-OH voted no
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
- John Whiteaker D-OR voted no
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted yes
- Robert Klotz D-PA voted no
- John Walker Ryon D-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
- Russell Errett R-PA voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA voted no
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted yes
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- Amasa Norcross 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
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money 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 Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Ford House 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
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- 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
- William Aldrich R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Edwin Willits 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- William James Samford D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- 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
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Other votes
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