House roll call 352 · 46th Congress · Jan 21, 1881
To adjourn, due to late hour and the apparent lack of quorum.
On Jan 21, 1881, the House voted 55–63. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 37–20, Republicans 13–41, Others 5–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 55
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 183
- Date
- Jan 21, 1881
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 20 no · 89 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 41 no · 81 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted no
- Horace Davis R-CA voted yes
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA voted yes
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted yes
- William George Thompson R-IA voted yes
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- John Floyd King D-LA voted no
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- George Bailey Loring R-MA voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO voted no
- John Finis Philips D-MO voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY voted yes
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted yes
- John Ford House D-TN voted no
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN voted no
- Olin Wellborn D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX voted no
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted no
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- John Floyd King D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- John Ford House D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith 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
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- William Aldrich 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
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis 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
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- John Wesley Stone 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
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer 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
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-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
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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