To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4427, a bill fixing a tax on tobacco and cigars.

On May 6, 1878, the House voted 120–115 (HR 4427). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 125–17, Republicans 6–113, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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: 120
No: 115
Did not vote: 39
Date: May 6, 1878

By party

Democrats125 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans6 yes · 113 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted no
James Phelps D-CT voted no
Levi Warner D-CT voted no
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted yes
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted yes
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
Frank Jones D-NH voted no
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
James Way Covert D-NY voted no
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted no
Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted no
Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
Levi Maish D-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
Robert Smalls R-SC voted yes
William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted no
Joseph Jorgensen R-VA 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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