House roll call 164 · 45th Congress · May 7, 1878
To adjourn and thereby postpone further consideration of H.R. 4106.
On May 7, 1878, the House voted 38–179 (HR 4106). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–112, Republicans 31–68, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 39 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
- 38
- No
- 179
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- May 7, 1878
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 112 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans31 yes · 68 no · 43 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted yes
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA voted yes
- Rush Clark R-IA voted yes
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL voted yes
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- William Claflin R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted yes
- Frank Welch R-NE voted yes
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Camp R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- John Sills Jones R-OH voted yes
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH voted yes
- Amos Townsend R-OH voted yes
- Chapman Freeman R-PA voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- William Ward R-PA voted yes
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted yes
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- Jacob Turney D-PA voted yes
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
- Harry White R-PA voted yes
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA voted yes
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA voted yes
- James Henry Randolph R-TN voted yes
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Frank Welch R-NE
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams 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
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-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
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison 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
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell 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
- 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
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland 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
- 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
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell 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
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- John Ford House D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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