House roll call 157 · 45th Congress · May 4, 1878
To amend H.R. 4104 by providing that vegetable seeds shall be distributed to each congressional district in proportion to its agricultural population.
On May 4, 1878, the House voted 111–99 (HR 4104). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 68–47, Republicans 44–53, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 91 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
- 111
- No
- 99
- Did not vote
- 88
- Date
- May 4, 1878
By party
- Democrats68 yes · 47 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
- Republicans44 yes · 53 no · 45 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted no
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted no
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- Levi Warner D-CT voted no
- James Williams D-DE voted no
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted no
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA voted yes
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted yes
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA voted yes
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA voted yes
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted yes
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted yes
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL voted no
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted yes
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted no
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- Michael Doherty White R-IN voted yes
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted yes
- John Harris Baker R-IN voted yes
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA voted no
- Edward White Robertson D-LA voted no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted yes
- William Kimmel D-MD voted no
- William Walsh D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted no
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI voted yes
- John Wesley Stone R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
- Frank Welch R-NE voted yes
- Frank Jones D-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted no
- Solomon Bundy R-NY voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Camp R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted no
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted no
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted no
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH voted yes
- 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 Maish D-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
And 11 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- 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
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- 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
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow 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
- Joseph Jonathan Davis 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Goode Jr. 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
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Frank Jones D-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
Did not vote
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
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