To suspend the rules and pass a bill, making gold and silver interchangeable when presented in sums of $100 or more to the assistant treasurer in new york and a

On Feb 3, 1879, the House voted 101–136. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 85–37, Republicans 14–101, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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: 101
No: 136
Did not vote: 63
Date: Feb 3, 1879

By party

Democrats85 yes · 37 no · 36 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans14 yes · 101 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Levi Warner D-CT voted no
James Williams D-DE voted no
Carter Henry Harrison D-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted no
William Henry Calkins R-IN voted yes
John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
John Smith Young D-LA voted no
Edward White Robertson D-LA voted no
Benjamin Dean D-MA voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted yes
John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted no
Frank Jones D-NH voted no
Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
Thomas Wren R-NV voted yes
James Way Covert D-NY voted no
Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted no
Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted no
Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted no
Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
George Washington Patterson R-NY voted yes
Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
Thomas Ewing D-OH voted no
Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
Levi Maish D-PA voted no
Harry White R-PA voted yes
James Henry Randolph R-TN 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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