House roll call 68 · 46th Congress · May 23, 1879
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 564.
On May 23, 1879, the House voted 68–91 (HR 564). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–80, Republicans 66–1, Others 1–13. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 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
- 68
- No
- 91
- Did not vote
- 137
- Date
- May 23, 1879
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 80 no · 63 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans66 yes · 1 no · 68 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff 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
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. 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
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- James H. Osmer R-PA
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford D-AL
- Thomas Williams 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
- James Phelps D-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
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edward Hooker Gillette O-IA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Gilbert De La Matyr O-IN
- Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell 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
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Henry Poehler D-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright O-PA
- John Walker Ryon D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- 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
- John Ford House 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Calvin Cowgill R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-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
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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