House roll call 374 · 46th Congress · Feb 7, 1881
To dispense with the reading of a report by the minority members of the committee on foreign relations, which is concerned with amending H.J. RES. 149, a resolu
On Feb 7, 1881, the House voted 162–84 (HJR 149). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 96–24, Republicans 53–57, Others 13–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 77 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
- 162
- No
- 84
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- Feb 7, 1881
By party
- Democrats96 yes · 24 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans53 yes · 57 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted no
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN voted yes
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA voted yes
- George Bailey Loring R-MA voted yes
- William Augustus Russell R-MA voted yes
- William Claflin R-MA voted yes
- Amasa Norcross R-MA voted yes
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- John Wesley Stone R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Henry Poehler D-MN voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
- John Finis Philips D-MO voted no
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC voted no
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted no
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted yes
- Ossian Ray R-NH voted yes
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ voted yes
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ voted yes
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY voted yes
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY voted yes
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY voted yes
- John Hammond R-NY voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted yes
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY voted yes
- John Van Voorhis R-NY voted yes
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY voted no
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted yes
- Amos Townsend R-OH voted yes
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- William Ward R-PA voted yes
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA voted yes
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA voted no
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted yes
- Harry White R-PA voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI voted yes
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted yes
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements 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
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-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
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-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
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Did not vote
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Other votes
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