House roll call 435 · 46th Congress · Mar 3, 1881
To suspend rules and consider all pension bills which have passed the Senate.
On Mar 3, 1881, the House voted 110–41. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 36–40, Republicans 69–1, Others 6–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 110
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 148
- Date
- Mar 3, 1881
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 40 no · 70 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans69 yes · 1 no · 65 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted yes
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN voted yes
- William Ralph Myers D-IN voted yes
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN voted yes
- John Floyd King D-LA voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- Henry Poehler D-MN voted yes
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted yes
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO voted yes
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted yes
- John Van Voorhis R-NY voted no
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted yes
- William David Hill D-OH voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
- Gibson Atherton D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
- 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
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN voted yes
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI 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
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering 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
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- John Floyd King D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Edwin Willits 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
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-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
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
Did not vote
- William James Samford D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- 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
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle 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
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- 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
- John Hammond R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell 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
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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