House roll call 143 · 45th Congress · Apr 22, 1878
To adjourn in order to delay action on H.R. 4236.
On Apr 22, 1878, the House voted 119–101. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 62–57, Republicans 55–44, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 101 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
- 119
- No
- 101
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Apr 22, 1878
By party
- Democrats62 yes · 57 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
- Republicans55 yes · 44 no · 43 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted no
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted no
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA voted no
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted no
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted no
- Levi Warner D-CT voted no
- James Williams D-DE voted no
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- Rush Clark R-IA voted no
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA voted no
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
- William Aldrich R-IL voted no
- William Lathrop R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
- William Hartzell D-IL voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN voted no
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
- John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
- Thomas Turner D-KY voted no
- John Blades Clarke D-KY voted no
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
- Edward White Robertson D-LA voted no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
- William Walsh D-MD voted no
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted no
- Edwin William Keightley 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
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted no
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted no
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted no
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
- Frank Jones D-NH voted no
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted no
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY voted no
- John Henry Starin R-NY voted no
- Solomon Bundy R-NY voted no
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted no
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
- Mills Gardner R-OH voted no
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
- John Sills Jones R-OH voted no
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
- Chapman Freeman R-PA voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted no
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
And 21 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams 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
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- William Ward R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- William Walsh D-MD
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Frank Jones D-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
Did not vote
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
Other votes
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