House roll call 36 · 46th Congress · May 16, 1879
That when house adjourns today (friday) it adjourn to meet on monday next.
On May 16, 1879, the House voted 97–122. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–97, Republicans 85–12, Others 0–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 97
- No
- 122
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- May 16, 1879
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 97 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 15 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans85 yes · 12 no · 38 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted yes
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted yes
- William Ralph Myers D-IN voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Henry Poehler D-MN voted yes
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- William Lounsbery D-NY voted yes
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted yes
- John Whiteaker D-OR voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted no
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering 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
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- 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
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford 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
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Persons O-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
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New 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
- 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
- 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
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-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
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-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
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken 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
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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