To table a resolution compelling the committee on elections to make a report by next saturday showing whether james b. Belford or thomas m. Patterson is entitle

On Nov 22, 1877, the House voted 155–94. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 135–1, Republicans 22–95, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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: 155
No: 94
Did not vote: 47
Date: Nov 22, 1877

By party

Democrats135 yes · 1 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans22 yes · 95 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Romualdo Pacheco R-CA voted yes
John Turner Wait R-CT voted yes
Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted yes
William Lathrop R-IL voted yes
Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL voted yes
Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL voted yes
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted yes
Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN voted yes
John Howard Pugh R-NJ voted yes
Mills Gardner R-OH voted yes
Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted yes
John Sills Jones R-OH voted yes
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted yes
Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH voted yes
James Monroe R-OH voted yes
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted yes
Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI 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 table a resolution compelling the…: House Vote, Nov 22, 1877,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-25/to-table-a-resolution-compelling-the-committee-on-elections (accessed 2026-10-16).