House roll call 242 · 45th Congress · Jun 17, 1878
To recess the house until 9.30 this morning.
On Jun 17, 1878, the House voted 91–101. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 70–30, Republicans 20–71, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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
- 91
- No
- 101
- Did not vote
- 110
- Date
- Jun 17, 1878
By party
- Democrats70 yes · 30 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 71 no · 51 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Horace Davis R-CA voted yes
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA voted no
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted no
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted yes
- Rush Clark R-IA voted yes
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
- William Hartzell D-IL voted no
- John Harris Baker R-IN voted yes
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
- Benjamin Dean D-MA voted no
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted yes
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted yes
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted no
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- Frank Welch R-NE voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
- William Henry Baker R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
- John Sills Jones R-OH voted yes
- William Ward R-PA voted yes
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
- Levi Maish D-PA voted no
- Jacob Turney D-PA voted no
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
- James Henry Randolph R-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA voted no
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted yes
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI voted no
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted no
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- James Williams D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- William Ward R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-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
- William Claflin R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-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
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Other votes
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