To agree to an amendment of the committee on post offices and post roads to H.R. 4246, the post office appropriation bill, increasing fron $25,000 to $45,000 TH

On Apr 26, 1878, the House voted 89–90 (HR 4246). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 93–4, Democrats 7–89, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 11 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: 89
No: 90
Did not vote: 107
Date: Apr 26, 1878

By party

Democrats7 yes · 89 no · 62 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans93 yes · 4 no · 45 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Willis Garth D-AL voted yes
William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted yes
Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted no
John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted yes
James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
De Witt Clinton Giddings 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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