House roll call 95 · 46th Congress · Jun 9, 1879
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2172, a bill making appropriations for defraying the expenses of the legislative, executive and judicial departments of the g
On Jun 9, 1879, the House voted 187–22 (HR 2172). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 93–23, Republicans 102–0, Others 15–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 187
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Jun 9, 1879
By party
- Democrats93 yes · 23 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans102 yes · 0 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA voted no
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA voted no
- Edward White Robertson D-LA voted no
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted no
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO voted no
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted no
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted no
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William James Samford D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Noble Andrew Hull D-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Persons O-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering 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
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Albert Palaska Forsythe O-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Jeptha Dudley New 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
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- John Stoughton Newberry R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows 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
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Richard Waddill D-MO
- Samuel Locke Sawyer O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- William Hodges Kitchin D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH
- Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ
- John Lauris Blake R-NJ
- Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ
- Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Levi Parsons Morton R-NY
- John William Ferdon R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Frank Hiscock 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
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- John Whiteaker D-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Seth Hartman Yocum O-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA
- James H. Osmer 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
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Bradley Barlow O-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Newton Nash Clements D-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Ralph Myers D-IN
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Alfred Morrison Lay D-MO
- John Finis Philips D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph John Martin R-NC
- Daniel Lindsay Russell O-NC
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Daniel O'Reilly O-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Edwin Einstein R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James O'Brien O-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Lounsbery D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Ray Vaughn Pierce R-NY
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- James Buchanan Richmond D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Other votes
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