House roll call 116 · 45th Congress · Apr 1, 1878
To suspend the rules in order to introduce a bill providing that all pensions on account of death, or wounds received or disease contracted in the U.S. Service
On Apr 1, 1878, the House voted 146–76. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 117–1, Democrats 35–74, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 members voted against their own party.
During the 45th Congress (1877–1878), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 146
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- Apr 1, 1878
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 74 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans117 yes · 1 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- Levi Warner D-CT voted yes
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- William Hartzell D-IL voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Turner D-KY voted yes
- William Walsh D-MD voted yes
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted yes
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
- Terence John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted yes
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted yes
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted yes
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted no
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Ewing D-OH voted yes
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted yes
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- Jacob Turney D-PA 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 Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- William Walsh D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
Did not vote
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- John Hanna R-IN
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Other votes
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