House roll call 213 · 45th Congress · Jun 10, 1878
To suspend the rules and discharge from the committee on public buildings and grounds, H.R. 4802 (20 stat 133, 6/15/78), a bill providing for the construction o
On Jun 10, 1878, the House voted 161–66 (HR 4802). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 95–18, Democrats 65–47, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 65 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
- 161
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Jun 10, 1878
By party
- Democrats65 yes · 47 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
- Republicans95 yes · 18 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted no
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA 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
- Rush Clark R-IA voted no
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
- William Hartzell D-IL voted no
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN voted no
- John Hanna R-IN voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- Michael Doherty White R-IN voted no
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY voted no
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI voted no
- John Wesley Stone R-MI voted no
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted no
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC voted no
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted no
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted no
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
- John Henry Starin R-NY voted no
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
- Jacob Turney D-PA voted no
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
- James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- John Ford House D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings 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
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- William Kimmel 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
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Edwin Willits 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
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight 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
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-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
- Amos Townsend 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
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-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
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- James Phelps D-CT
- William Ephraim Smith 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
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb 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
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell 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
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Williams D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal 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
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Other votes
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