House roll call 98 · 45th Congress · Mar 8, 1878
To pass a motion providing that when the house adjourns today it do so until next monday.
On Mar 8, 1878, the House voted 95–125. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 30–84, Republicans 64–40, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 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
- 125
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Mar 8, 1878
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 84 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
- Republicans64 yes · 40 no · 38 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Horace Davis R-CA voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- William Aldrich R-IL voted no
- William Lathrop R-IL voted no
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted no
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL voted no
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted yes
- John Hanna R-IN voted no
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted yes
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted yes
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
- William Claflin R-MA voted no
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI voted no
- John Wesley Stone R-MI voted no
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted no
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted yes
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted no
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC voted yes
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Wren R-NV voted no
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted yes
- Solomon Bundy R-NY voted no
- William Henry Baker R-NY voted no
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted yes
- George Washington Patterson R-NY voted no
- Mills Gardner R-OH voted no
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
- John Sills Jones R-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
- Richard Williams R-OR voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted no
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted yes
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
- John Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA voted yes
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT voted no
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted no
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- 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
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-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
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt 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
- Horace Davis R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie 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
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-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 Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- 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
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey 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 DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- James Williams D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- John Ford House D-TN
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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