House roll call 128 · 45th Congress · Apr 16, 1878
To pass H.R. 325, a bill providing a permanent form of government for the district of columbia.
On Apr 16, 1878, the House voted 94–124 (HR 325). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 62–52, Republicans 31–74, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 83 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
- 94
- No
- 124
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- Apr 16, 1878
By party
- Democrats62 yes · 52 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
- Republicans31 yes · 74 no · 37 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL voted no
- Horace Davis R-CA voted yes
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA voted no
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted no
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA voted yes
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL voted yes
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- William Hartzell D-IL voted no
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted yes
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA voted no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- George Bailey Loring R-MA voted yes
- William Claflin R-MA voted yes
- Amasa Norcross R-MA voted yes
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted yes
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD voted no
- William Kimmel D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Edwin Willits R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted yes
- David Rea D-MO voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted no
- Frank Welch R-NE voted yes
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ voted yes
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Andrew Williams R-NY voted yes
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Starin R-NY voted yes
- Solomon Bundy R-NY voted yes
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Patterson R-NY voted yes
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
- Thomas Ewing D-OH voted no
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted no
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted yes
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted no
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted no
- Jacob Turney D-PA voted no
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI voted yes
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted no
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI voted yes
And 3 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones 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
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson 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
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell 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
- John Hanna R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter 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
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
Other votes
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