House roll call 153 · 45th Congress · Apr 29, 1878
To adjourn, in order to prevent action on H.R. 972.
On Apr 29, 1878, the House voted 41–76. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–40, Democrats 21–35, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 41 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
- 41
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 185
- Date
- Apr 29, 1878
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 35 no · 102 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 40 no · 82 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted yes
- Horace Davis R-CA voted yes
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted yes
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA voted yes
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted yes
- Rush Clark R-IA voted yes
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA voted yes
- William Lathrop R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- William Hartzell D-IL voted yes
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted yes
- 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
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted yes
- Frank Jones D-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted yes
- Solomon Bundy R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Patterson R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted yes
- John Sills Jones R-OH voted yes
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted yes
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted yes
- William Ward R-PA voted yes
- Russell Errett R-PA voted yes
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- William Ward R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano 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
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton 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
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- 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
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. 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
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff 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
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey 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
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-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
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-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
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-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
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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