To amend H.R. 5130 by increasing the appropriation for the continuation of the building of the custom-house and subtreasury at chicago from $300,000 to $400,000

On Jun 13, 1878, the House voted 98–110 (HR 5130). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–89, Republicans 80–22, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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: 98
No: 110
Did not vote: 89
Date: Jun 13, 1878

By party

Democrats20 yes · 89 no · 49 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans80 yes · 22 no · 40 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR voted yes
Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted yes
Carter Henry Harrison D-IL voted yes
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD voted yes
William Kimmel D-MD voted yes
Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Nathan Cole R-MO voted no
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted no
Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted yes
Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
Amaziah Bailey James R-NY voted no
John Henry Starin R-NY voted no
Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted yes
Milton Sayler D-OH voted yes
Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted yes
Thomas Ewing D-OH voted yes
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
John McCandless Thompson R-PA voted no
James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
Gustave Schleicher D-TX voted yes
Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA voted yes

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 amend H.R. 5130 by increasing the…: House Vote, Jun 13, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-218/to-amend-h-r-5130-by-increasing-the-appropriation (accessed 2026-10-17).