To pass H.J. RES. 85, (21 stat. 53, 6/24/79), a resolution fixing the date on which the pay of the committee clerks, pages, and laborers of the house of rep., w

On Jun 6, 1879, the House voted 116–73 (HJR 85). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 56–37, Republicans 51–33, Others 9–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 70 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: 116
No: 73
Did not vote: 112
Date: Jun 6, 1879

By party

Democrats56 yes · 37 no · 53 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans51 yes · 33 no · 51 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William James Samford D-AL voted no
Thomas Williams D-AL voted no
Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL voted no
Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
James Phelps D-CT voted no
John Turner Wait R-CT voted no
Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
William Aldrich R-IL voted no
Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL voted no
Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
Jeptha Dudley New D-IN voted no
Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN voted no
Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted no
John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
Joseph Barton Elam D-LA voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Walbridge Abner Field R-MA voted no
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
John Stoughton Newberry R-MI voted no
Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted no
John Wesley Stone R-MI voted no
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
James Richard Waddill D-MO voted no
Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO voted no
Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
William Hodges Kitchin D-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted no
Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC voted no
Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE voted no
Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH voted no
Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ voted no
Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV voted no
Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
David Plunket Richardson R-NY voted no
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
William Godshalk R-PA voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
Robert Klotz D-PA voted no
Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted no
John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN voted no
Olin Wellborn D-TX voted no
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA voted no
George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted no
Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted no
Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.J. RES. 85, (21 stat. 53…: House Vote, Jun 6, 1879,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-91/to-pass-h-j-res-85-21-stat-53 (accessed 2026-10-16).