House roll call 270 · 45th Congress · Dec 20, 1878
To adjourn.
On Dec 20, 1878, the House voted 94–81. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 55–40, Republicans 40–40, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 80 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
- 94
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 125
- Date
- Dec 20, 1878
By party
- Democrats55 yes · 40 no · 63 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Republicans40 yes · 40 no · 62 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
- Horace Davis R-CA voted no
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted no
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted no
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA voted no
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted no
- William Aldrich R-IL voted no
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL voted no
- William Hartzell D-IL voted no
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN voted no
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY voted no
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
- John Blades Clarke D-KY voted no
- Edward White Robertson D-LA voted no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
- Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Nathan Cole R-MO voted no
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted no
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Thomas Wren R-NV voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
- George Washington Patterson R-NY voted no
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted no
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- Thomas Ewing D-OH voted no
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH voted no
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- Richard Williams R-OR voted no
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted no
- Jacob Turney D-PA voted no
- Russell Errett R-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted no
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX voted no
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA voted no
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted no
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
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
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA
- William Fletcher Sapp R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Hanna R-IN
- Michael Doherty White R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Richard Parks Bland 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
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- William Ward R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-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
- Harry White R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- John Ford House D-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- William Hartzell D-IL
- Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- John Morgan Bright 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
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Lorenzo Brentano R-IL
- William Lathrop R-IL
- Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN
- Leonidas Sexton R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis 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
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Bailey Loring R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts 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
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-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
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH
- Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- James Henry Randolph R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Haywood Yancey Riddle D-TN
- 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
- Dudley Chase Denison R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.