House roll call 407 · 46th Congress · Feb 28, 1881
To amend H.R. 7203, by reimbursing a.g. Curtin and seth h. Yocum, $8,000 each for expenses incurred during their contested election in 1878.
On Feb 28, 1881, the House voted 124–103 (HR 7203). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 35–79, Republicans 77–21, Others 12–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 56 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
- 124
- No
- 103
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Feb 28, 1881
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 79 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans77 yes · 21 no · 37 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted yes
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted no
- Frederick Miles R-CT voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted no
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted yes
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Turner D-KY voted yes
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted yes
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted no
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA voted no
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted yes
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted yes
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ voted yes
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- David Wilber R-NY voted no
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY voted no
- John Van Voorhis R-NY voted no
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted yes
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted yes
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted no
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA voted yes
- Robert Klotz D-PA voted yes
- John Walker Ryon D-PA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted yes
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted yes
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA voted yes
- Harry White R-PA voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted yes
- John Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted yes
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA voted yes
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted no
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette 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
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-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
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- 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
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Did not vote
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- James Way Covert 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 Hammond R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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