House roll call 182 · 45th Congress · May 22, 1878
To determine whether a resolution is a question of privilege.
On May 22, 1878, the House voted 71–50. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 61–47, Republicans 10–3, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 50 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
- 71
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 179
- Date
- May 22, 1878
By party
- Democrats61 yes · 47 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
- Republicans10 yes · 3 no · 129 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Taylor Jones D-AL voted no
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL voted no
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted no
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL voted no
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR voted no
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Julian Hartridge D-GA voted no
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted no
- Philip Cook D-GA voted no
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted no
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted no
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Thomas Turner D-KY voted no
- Edward White Robertson D-LA voted no
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted no
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Harry White R-PA voted no
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA voted no
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-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
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- James Phelps D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- 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
- William Aldrich R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- 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
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- 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 Winslow Harris R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-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
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell 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
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-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
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham 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
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey 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
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John Ford House 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
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker 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
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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