House roll call 404 · 46th Congress · Feb 24, 1881
To excuse MR. Deering, due to the fact that he was in poor health and was ill, motion made during a call of the house.
On Feb 24, 1881, the House voted 107–69. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–66, Republicans 71–0, Others 6–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 107
- No
- 69
- Did not vote
- 125
- Date
- Feb 24, 1881
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 66 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans71 yes · 0 no · 64 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted yes
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted yes
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted yes
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN voted yes
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted yes
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted yes
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- William Kimmel D-MD voted yes
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted yes
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted yes
- James Richard Waddill D-MO voted yes
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- John Whiteaker D-OR voted yes
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted yes
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- James Baird Weaver 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
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris 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
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-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 Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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