House roll call 191 · 45th Congress · May 28, 1878
To proceed to the consideration of H.R. 3547.
On May 28, 1878, the House voted 104–122. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 40–77, Republicans 65–44, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 84 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
- 104
- No
- 122
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- May 28, 1878
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 77 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans65 yes · 44 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Horace Davis R-CA voted no
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted yes
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted no
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA voted no
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
- William Aldrich R-IL voted no
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL voted no
- William Lathrop R-IL voted no
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- William Hartzell D-IL voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted yes
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
- Amasa Norcross R-MA voted no
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD voted yes
- William Walsh D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted no
- Edwin Willits 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
- Nathan Cole R-MO voted no
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted no
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted yes
- David Rea D-MO voted yes
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted no
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted yes
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Andrew Williams R-NY voted no
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY voted no
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted no
- William Henry Baker R-NY voted no
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted yes
- Mills Gardner R-OH voted no
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
- Amos Townsend R-OH voted no
- Richard Williams R-OR voted no
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted yes
- Jacob Turney D-PA voted yes
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI voted no
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted yes
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
- John Ford House D-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX voted yes
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted yes
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA voted yes
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT voted no
And 4 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- 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
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames 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
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone 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
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- 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
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Other votes
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