To recede said amendment from disagreement to Senate amendment 8 to H.R. 3102, said amendment appropriating $20,000 for railway mail agents and postal clerks.

On Apr 18, 1878, the House voted 117–125 (HR 3102). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–123, Republicans 118–2, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 6 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: 117
No: 125
Did not vote: 53
Date: Apr 18, 1878

By party

Democrats4 yes · 123 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans118 yes · 2 no · 22 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Phelps D-CT voted yes
Carter Henry Harrison D-IL voted yes
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted yes
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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