House roll call 57 · 45th Congress · Jan 21, 1878
To adjourn and thereby terminate debate.
On Jan 21, 1878, the House voted 95–152. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–103, Republicans 69–47, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 74 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
- 95
- No
- 152
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Jan 21, 1878
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 103 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans69 yes · 47 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
- Levi Warner D-CT voted yes
- James Williams D-DE voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA voted no
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted no
- William Aldrich R-IL voted no
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL voted no
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL voted no
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort 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
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN voted no
- John Hanna R-IN voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- William Henry Calkins R-IN voted no
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- William Walsh D-MD voted yes
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
- Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted no
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted no
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted no
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted yes
- Terence John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- William Henry Baker R-NY voted no
- John Henry Camp R-NY voted no
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted yes
- George Washington Patterson R-NY voted no
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
- Richard Williams R-OR voted no
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted yes
- Russell Errett R-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA voted no
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted no
- James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX voted yes
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT voted no
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted no
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI voted no
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- William Walsh D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams 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
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-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
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- 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
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- 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
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-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
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Charles O'Neill 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
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
Other votes
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