To adjourn and thereby prevent action on H.R. 972, a bill granting relief of settlers on land claimed by the south and north alabama railroad company.

On Apr 29, 1878, the House voted 51–58. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 28–28, Democrats 25–30, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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: 51
No: 58
Did not vote: 190
Date: Apr 29, 1878

By party

Democrats25 yes · 30 no · 103 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Republicans28 yes · 28 no · 86 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL voted yes
Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL voted yes
Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted yes
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted yes
Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted yes
Rush Clark R-IA voted no
William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
William Aldrich R-IL voted no
John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
John Hanna R-IN voted no
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted yes
John Blades Clarke D-KY voted yes
Benjamin Dean D-MA voted yes
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted no
Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted no
Edwin William Keightley R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN voted no
Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted no
Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted yes
Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted yes
Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted yes
Frank Welch R-NE voted no
Frank Jones D-NH voted yes
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
Thomas Wren R-NV voted no
James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted yes
George Washington Patterson R-NY voted no
Mills Gardner R-OH voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
Amos Townsend R-OH voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
Russell Errett R-PA voted no
Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA voted no
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI voted no
Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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