House roll call 261 · 45th Congress · Jun 19, 1878
To recess the house until 4.30.
On Jun 19, 1878, the House voted 68–64. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–22, Republicans 19–42, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 68
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 170
- Date
- Jun 19, 1878
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 22 no · 88 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 42 no · 81 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Rush Clark R-IA voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- John Hanna R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted no
- Benjamin Dean D-MA voted no
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME voted yes
- Edwin Willits R-MI voted yes
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted no
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted no
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted no
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Ewing D-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted no
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted yes
- Harry White R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted yes
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Horace Davis R-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson 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
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money 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
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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