To amend H.R. 4867 (20-stat-145, 6/18/78), a bill making appropriations for the support of the army for fiscal year ending 6/30/1879 by increasing the number of

On May 27, 1878, the House voted 116–119 (HR 4867). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–130, Republicans 118–1, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 10 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: 116
No: 119
Did not vote: 42
Date: May 27, 1878

By party

Democrats9 yes · 130 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans118 yes · 1 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA voted yes
Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted yes
Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
Gustave Schleicher D-TX voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 4867 (20-stat-145, 6/18/78), a…: House Vote, May 27…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-186/to-amend-h-r-4867-20-stat-145-6 (accessed 2026-10-17).