House roll call 208 · 45th Congress · Jun 8, 1878
To amend H.R. 5117 by appropriating $931,134.55 for private companies and also $416,319.32 for timber.
On Jun 8, 1878, the House voted 115–79 (HR 5117). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–80, Republicans 98–2, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 115
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- Jun 8, 1878
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 80 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans98 yes · 2 no · 42 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Taylor Jones D-AL voted yes
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted yes
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA voted yes
- James Williams D-DE voted yes
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted yes
- John Blades Clarke D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted yes
- Benjamin Dean D-MA voted yes
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- William Walsh D-MD voted yes
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted yes
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC voted yes
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
- John Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- 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
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Walsh 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
- Edwin William Keightley 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
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James 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
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger 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
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert 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
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- James Phelps D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- 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
- Carter Henry Harrison D-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
- Andrew Holman Hamilton 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
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- 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
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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