To amend H.R. 4867 by specifying that from and after the first day of jan., 1879, the secretary of war shall possess and exercise the supervisory and appellate

On May 28, 1878, the House voted 130–115 (HR 4867). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 125–14, Republicans 10–109, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 130
No: 115
Did not vote: 42
Date: May 28, 1878

By party

Democrats125 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no
Republicans10 yes · 109 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Willis Garth D-AL voted no
James Phelps D-CT voted no
Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA voted yes
Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA voted yes
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted yes
Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
James Way Covert D-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY voted yes
Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted no
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted yes
Harry White R-PA voted yes
William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted no
William Pitt Lynde D-WI voted no
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg 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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