House roll call 89 · 45th Congress · Feb 25, 1878
To suspend the rules and pass a resolution, authorizing the committee on accounts to employ a force of competent experts not to exceed seven in number and to be
On Feb 25, 1878, the House voted 78–162. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 69–52, Republicans 9–112, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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
- 78
- No
- 162
- Did not vote
- 59
- Date
- Feb 25, 1878
By party
- Democrats69 yes · 52 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 112 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Taylor Jones D-AL voted no
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- William Willis Garth D-AL voted no
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted yes
- William Aldrich R-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted yes
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- William Hartzell D-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
- Thomas Turner D-KY voted no
- John Blades Clarke D-KY voted no
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted no
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted yes
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted yes
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
- David Rea D-MO voted no
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted no
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted yes
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
- Jacob Turney D-PA voted no
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted no
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
- John Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI voted no
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money 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 Jones D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- 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
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Hiram Price 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
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- 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
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins 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
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Bailey Loring 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
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Frank Welch R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-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
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Jacob Turney 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
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris 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
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg 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
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- Mills Gardner 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
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
Other votes
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