House roll call 70 · 45th Congress · Jan 30, 1878
To order the main question and thereby end debate on the adoption of a substitute resolution to H.J.RES. 90 that would provide that a reduction of tax on distil
On Jan 30, 1878, the House voted 145–111. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–110, Republicans 127–4, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 145
- No
- 111
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jan 30, 1878
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 110 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans127 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted yes
- Levi Warner D-CT voted yes
- James Williams D-DE voted yes
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted yes
- William Hartzell D-IL voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted yes
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted yes
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA voted no
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted no
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted yes
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
- Frank Welch R-NE voted no
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- James Way Covert 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
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted yes
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- 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
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson 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
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- 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
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-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
- 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
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- 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
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert 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
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- 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
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- 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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-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
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers 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
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-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
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson 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
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To order the main question and thereby end…: House Vote, Jan 30, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-70/to-order-the-main-question-and-thereby-end-debate (accessed 2026-10-17).