House roll call 68 · 45th Congress · Jan 29, 1878
To pass a resolution instructing the committee on rules to examine the feasibility of changing rules on admissions to the house floor and requesting that the SP
On Jan 29, 1878, the House voted 155–92. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 71–58, Republicans 84–32, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 90 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
- 92
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- Jan 29, 1878
By party
- Democrats71 yes · 58 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans84 yes · 32 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- William Willis Garth D-AL voted no
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted no
- Julian Hartridge D-GA voted no
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted no
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
- Rush Clark R-IA voted no
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
- William Aldrich R-IL voted no
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL voted no
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- William Henry Calkins R-IN voted no
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA voted no
- Edward White Robertson D-LA voted no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- William Walsh D-MD voted no
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted no
- John Wesley Stone R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN voted no
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC voted no
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- Frank Welch R-NE voted no
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ voted no
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- William Davis Veeder D-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
- Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted no
- Terence John Quinn D-NY voted no
- Solomon Bundy R-NY voted no
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY voted no
- William Henry Baker R-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted no
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted no
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
- George Washington Patterson R-NY voted no
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted no
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
- Thomas Ewing D-OH voted no
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
- Chapman Freeman R-PA voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- William Ward R-PA voted no
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted no
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted no
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted no
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN voted no
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted no
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted no
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX voted no
And 10 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- 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
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Thomas Ryan 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
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames 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
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Miller Shelley 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
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Walsh D-MD
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Horace Davis R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-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
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Other votes
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