That the house resolve itself into the committee of the whole, in order to proceed to consideration of H.R. 257.

On Mar 21, 1878, the House voted 97–118. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–106, Democrats 95–15, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 97
No: 118
Did not vote: 78
Date: Mar 21, 1878

By party

Democrats95 yes · 15 no · 48 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans6 yes · 106 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted no
Levi Warner D-CT voted no
James Williams D-DE voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted yes
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted yes
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
James Way Covert D-NY voted no
Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
Terence John Quinn D-NY voted no
Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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