House roll call 267 · 45th Congress · Dec 12, 1878
To amend the house concurrent resolution concerning adjournment over the holidays, by changing it from december 21january 6, to december 19-january 8.
On Dec 12, 1878, the House voted 110–136. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 38–85, Republicans 72–49, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 87 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
- 110
- No
- 136
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Dec 12, 1878
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 85 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans72 yes · 49 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL voted yes
- William Willis Garth D-AL voted yes
- Horace Davis R-CA voted no
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- Levi Warner D-CT voted yes
- James Williams D-DE voted yes
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA voted no
- Rush Clark R-IA voted no
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA voted no
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
- William Aldrich R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- Michael Doherty White R-IN voted no
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted yes
- Edward White Robertson D-LA voted yes
- Benjamin Dean D-MA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- William Claflin R-MA voted no
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted yes
- Frank Jones D-NH voted yes
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Wren R-NV voted no
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted yes
- Solomon Bundy R-NY voted no
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted yes
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted yes
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted yes
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted yes
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted no
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted yes
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted yes
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH voted no
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- Amos Townsend R-OH voted no
- Richard Williams R-OR voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted yes
- Russell Errett R-PA voted no
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA voted no
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted no
- James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
And 7 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-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
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-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
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- 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
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan 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
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Gabriel Bouck 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
Did not vote
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John Ford House D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Other votes
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