House roll call 416 · 46th Congress · Mar 1, 1881
To consider H.R. 2266, a bill prohibiting federal officers, claimants, and contractors of the U.S. From making contributions for political purposes, over an obj
On Mar 1, 1881, the House voted 61–164 (HR 2266). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–118, Republicans 61–35, Others 0–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 61
- No
- 164
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Mar 1, 1881
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 118 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans61 yes · 35 no · 39 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Horace Davis R-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
- William George Thompson R-IA voted no
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- William Heilman R-IN voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
- Milton George Urner R-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE voted no
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
- Edwin Einstein R-NY voted no
- John Hammond R-NY voted no
- David Wilber R-NY voted no
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
- Joseph Mason R-NY voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted no
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA voted no
- Russell Errett R-PA voted no
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA voted no
- James H. Osmer R-PA voted no
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted no
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Hiram Price 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
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- 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
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
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
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- 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
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott 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
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- 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 Ford House 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
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Erastus Wells 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
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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