House roll call 245 · 45th Congress · Jun 17, 1878
To suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendments to H.R. 4055, a bill creating a revenue to the district of columbia by levying a tax upon all dogs ther
On Jun 17, 1878, the House voted 140–112 (HR 4055). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 34–92, Republicans 106–19, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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
- 140
- No
- 112
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Jun 17, 1878
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 92 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
- Republicans106 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted no
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted yes
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted yes
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD voted yes
- William Kimmel D-MD voted yes
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
- Frank Jones D-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
- William Davis Veeder D-NY voted yes
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted yes
- Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted yes
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted no
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted no
- John Sills Jones R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Richard Williams R-OR voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- William Ward R-PA voted no
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted no
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX voted yes
- John Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted yes
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Milton Anthony Candler 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
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne 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
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- 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
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- William Kimmel 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
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- 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
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams 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
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Russell Errett R-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
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- John Turner Wait R-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
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie 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
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- 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
- 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
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins 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
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Walbridge Abner Field R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Other votes
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