To suspend the rules so that the house may resolve itself into the committee of the whole in order to take up H.R. 4106.

On May 7, 1878, the House voted 109–108 (HR 4106). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 110–16, Republicans 7–100, 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: 109
No: 108
Did not vote: 67
Date: May 7, 1878

By party

Democrats110 yes · 16 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans7 yes · 100 no · 35 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Charles Boyle Roberts D-MD voted no
Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
William Walsh D-MD voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ voted no
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted yes
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted no
Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted no
Levi Maish D-PA voted no
Jacob Turney D-PA voted no
Robert Smalls R-SC 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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