House roll call 81 · 45th Congress · Feb 15, 1878
To adjourn the house until next monday when the house adjourns today.
On Feb 15, 1878, the House voted 148–99. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 49–84, Republicans 98–15, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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
- 148
- No
- 99
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- Feb 15, 1878
By party
- Democrats49 yes · 84 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans98 yes · 15 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Taylor Jones D-AL voted yes
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted yes
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted yes
- James Williams D-DE voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Julian Hartridge D-GA voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted no
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted yes
- Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted no
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ voted yes
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Terence John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Starin R-NY voted no
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY voted no
- Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted yes
- George Washington Patterson R-NY voted no
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted yes
- Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted yes
- John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted yes
- Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted no
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted yes
- James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- John Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted yes
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens O-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Davis R-CA
- George Marcellus Landers D-CT
- James Williams D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Julian Hartridge D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Rush Clark R-IA
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson 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
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Leonidas Sexton R-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
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- James La Fayette Evans R-IN
- John Harris Baker R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-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
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Thomas Swann 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
- John Wesley Stone R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO
- Nathan Cole R-MO
- Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Frank Welch R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ
- John Howard Pugh R-NJ
- Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ
- Thomas Wren R-NV
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anthony Eickhoff D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Terence John Quinn D-NY
- Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY
- Andrew Williams R-NY
- Amaziah Bailey James R-NY
- Solomon Bundy R-NY
- William Johnson Bacon R-NY
- William Henry Baker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- John Newton Hungerford R-NY
- Charles Brewster Benedict 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
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Sills Jones R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Shearer Stenger D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Parker Caldwell D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Goode Jr. D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-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
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- William Pitt Lynde 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
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Willis Garth D-AL
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- Levi Warner D-CT
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Milton Anthony Candler D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA
- Carter Henry Harrison D-IL
- 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
- George Augustus Bicknell D-IN
- Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- 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
- Thomas Turner D-KY
- John Blades Clarke D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Joseph Barton Elam D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD
- Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD
- Eli Jones Henkle D-MD
- William Walsh D-MD
- Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI
- Edwin William Keightley R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- 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 Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC
- Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC
- Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Walter Leak Steele D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Frank Jones D-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus William Cutler D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- George Monroe Beebe D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Henry Starin R-NY
- George Augustus Bagley R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- George Washington Patterson R-NY
- Henry Luther Dickey D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Edward Overton Jr. R-PA
- Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA
- Jacob Turney D-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- 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
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Gilbert Carlton Walker D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Gabriel Bouck D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- William Ferguson Slemons D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- William Bennett Fleming D-GA
- William Ephraim Smith D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William Harrell Felton O-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA
- John Edwards Leonard R-LA
- John Smith Young D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Benjamin Dean D-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Claflin R-MA
- William Kimmel D-MD
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ
- William Davis Veeder D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Mosher Bailey R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY
- Mills Gardner R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Thomas Ewing D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Richard Williams R-OR
- Chapman Freeman R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Francis Dolan Collins D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Harry White R-PA
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Gustave Schleicher D-TX
- Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
Other votes
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