House roll call 408 · 46th Congress · Feb 28, 1881
To amend H.R. 7203, by appropriating an additional $1,500 to noble h. Hull, horatio bisbee, ignatius donnelly, and william washburn; to joseph mason *2,000, and
On Feb 28, 1881, the House voted 133–83 (HR 7203). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–71, Republicans 84–9, Others 11–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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
- 133
- No
- 83
- Did not vote
- 85
- Date
- Feb 28, 1881
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 71 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans84 yes · 9 no · 42 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL voted yes
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted yes
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted yes
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR voted yes
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA voted yes
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- William Ralph Myers D-IN voted yes
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted yes
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted yes
- John Floyd King D-LA voted yes
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- Henry Poehler D-MN voted yes
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted yes
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted yes
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- John Van Voorhis R-NY voted no
- William David Hill D-OH voted yes
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted yes
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted yes
- William Godshalk R-PA 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
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted yes
- Harry White R-PA voted no
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted yes
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted yes
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted yes
- John Goode Jr. 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
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley 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
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson 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
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-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
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- 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
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham 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
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-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
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- 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
- 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
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn 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
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Did not vote
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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