To postpone H.R. 4414 until next session.

On Jun 15, 1878, the House voted 104–146 (HR 4414). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–128, Republicans 102–18, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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: 146
Did not vote: 48
Date: Jun 15, 1878

By party

Democrats4 yes · 128 no · 26 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans102 yes · 18 no · 22 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
Leonidas Sexton R-IN voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted no
Nathan Cole R-MO voted no
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted no
Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted yes
Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted yes
Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted no
Robert Smalls R-SC voted no
James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
Joseph Jorgensen R-VA 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 postpone H.R. 4414 until next session.: House Vote, Jun 15, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-226/to-postpone-h-r-4414-until-next-session (accessed 2026-10-16).