To consider the unfinished busness before the house and thereby proceed to the consideration of H.R. 4414.

On Jun 8, 1878, the House voted 118–92. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 100–11, Republicans 19–83, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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: 118
No: 92
Did not vote: 87
Date: Jun 8, 1878

By party

Democrats100 yes · 11 no · 47 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans19 yes · 83 no · 40 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Willis Garth D-AL voted no
Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA voted yes
Rush Clark R-IA voted yes
Lorenzo Brentano R-IL voted yes
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
John Harris Baker R-IN voted yes
Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted no
Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted no
Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted yes
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted yes
Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted yes
Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
Richard Williams R-OR voted yes
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
Robert Smalls R-SC voted yes
William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX 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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