House roll call 40 · 46th Congress · May 17, 1879
To amend H.R. 564, by regulating the deposit of silver bullion by private owners into the mint.
On May 17, 1879, the House voted 39–170 (HR 564). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–74, Republicans 0–98, Others 11–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 29 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
- 39
- No
- 170
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- May 17, 1879
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 74 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 98 no · 37 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- William James Samford D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Williams D-AL voted yes
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- Henry Poehler D-MN voted yes
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted yes
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted yes
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted yes
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Ewing D-OH voted yes
- Gibson Atherton D-OH voted yes
- John Walker Ryon D-PA voted yes
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Olin Wellborn D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-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
- John Crocker Sherwin 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
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler 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
- 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
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- 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
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-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
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- 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
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
- David Wilber R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- George Washington Geddes 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
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-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
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley 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
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle 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
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- 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
- John Hammond R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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