To suspend the rules and go into committee of the whole in order to consider H.R. 6143 (20-stat-355, 3/2/79), the post office appropriations bill.

On Jan 29, 1879, the House voted 117–116 (HR 6143). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 110–13, Republicans 8–105, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 117
No: 116
Did not vote: 64
Date: Jan 29, 1879

By party

Democrats110 yes · 13 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans8 yes · 105 no · 29 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John King Luttrell D-CA voted no
Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted no
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
Edward White Robertson D-LA voted no
Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted yes
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted yes
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted yes
George Washington Patterson R-NY voted yes
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted yes
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
John Ford House D-TN voted no
William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted no
James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted no
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and go into committee…: House Vote, Jan 29, 1879,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-294/to-suspend-the-rules-and-go-into-committee-of (accessed 2026-10-17).