House roll call 106 · 45th Congress · Mar 25, 1878
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2612, a bill suspending for five years the operation of the act requiring the payment or purchase annually of one per cent of
On Mar 25, 1878, the House voted 122–112 (HR 2612). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 104–22, Republicans 20–95, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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
- 122
- No
- 112
- Did not vote
- 59
- Date
- Mar 25, 1878
By party
- Democrats104 yes · 22 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
- Republicans20 yes · 95 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Horace Davis R-CA voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- James Williams D-DE voted no
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted yes
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA voted yes
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA voted yes
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN voted yes
- John Hanna R-IN voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- Michael Doherty White R-IN voted yes
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted yes
- John Harris Baker R-IN voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD voted no
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted yes
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
- Frank Jones D-NH voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh 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
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Terence John Quinn D-NY voted no
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted no
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted no
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted no
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Horace Davis R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer 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
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-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
- 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
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- 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
- 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
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp 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
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-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
- Daniel Maynadier Henry 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
- 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
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Frank Jones D-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend 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
- John Henry Camp 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
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-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
- 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
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Did not vote
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Other votes
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