House roll call 246 · 45th Congress · Jun 18, 1878
To suspend the rules and pass a bill providing for the judicial ascertainment of claims against the United States.
On Jun 18, 1878, the House voted 168–75. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 126–3, Republicans 41–72, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- 168
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Jun 18, 1878
By party
- Democrats126 yes · 3 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
- Republicans41 yes · 72 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted yes
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Rush Clark R-IA voted yes
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA voted yes
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted yes
- William Lathrop R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted yes
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN voted yes
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted yes
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted yes
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted yes
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
- Anson George Mccook R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY voted yes
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY voted yes
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted yes
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted yes
- John Sills Jones R-OH voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Richard Williams R-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted yes
- Russell Errett R-PA voted yes
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- Robert Smalls R-SC voted yes
- James Henry Randolph R-TN voted yes
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted yes
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted no
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI voted yes
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- 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
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-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
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- 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 Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins 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 DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker 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
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Frank Welch R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- 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
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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