To amend H.R. 5548, a bill making United States notes receivable for duties on imports, by providing that U.S. Notes shall be receivable for duty on imports onl

On Jan 15, 1879, the House voted 77–122 (HR 5548). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–100, Republicans 67–30, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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: 77
No: 122
Did not vote: 92
Date: Jan 15, 1879

By party

Democrats11 yes · 100 no · 47 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans67 yes · 30 no · 45 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Williams D-DE voted yes
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
Ezekiel Silas Sampson R-IA voted no
Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings R-IA voted no
William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
John Hanna R-IN voted no
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
Frank Jones D-NH voted yes
Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
James Way Covert D-NY voted yes
Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY voted no
Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted yes
Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted yes
George Washington Patterson R-NY voted no
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
Harry White R-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-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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