House roll call 227 · 45th Congress · Jun 15, 1878
To adopt the report of the conference committee on H.R. 4236.
On Jun 15, 1878, the House voted 150–99 (HR 4236). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 76–55, Republicans 74–47, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 102 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
- 150
- No
- 99
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Jun 15, 1878
By party
- Democrats76 yes · 55 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
- Republicans74 yes · 47 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Horace Davis R-CA voted no
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA voted no
- Levi Warner D-CT voted no
- James Williams D-DE voted no
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- William Aldrich R-IL voted no
- William Lathrop 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 Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- John Hanna R-IN voted no
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
- John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY voted no
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
- Thomas Turner D-KY voted no
- John Blades Clarke D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted no
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Frank Jones D-NH voted no
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ voted no
- William Davis Veeder D-NY voted no
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
- Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted no
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY voted no
- John Henry Starin R-NY voted no
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY voted no
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted no
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted no
- George Washington Patterson R-NY voted no
- Mills Gardner R-OH voted no
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
- John Sills Jones R-OH voted no
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
And 22 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert 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
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- 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
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone 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
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO
- David Rea D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins 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
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-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
- 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
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- 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
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- 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
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
Other votes
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