To table a Senate concurrent resolution.

On May 29, 1878, the House voted 125–131. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 128–13, Republicans 2–125, Others 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 15 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: 125
No: 131
Did not vote: 32
Date: May 29, 1878

By party

Democrats128 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans2 yes · 125 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted no
Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted no
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
David Rea D-MO voted no
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA voted no
Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table a Senate concurrent resolution.: House Vote, May 29, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-194/to-table-a-senate-concurrent-resolution (accessed 2026-10-13).