To table H.R. 6470, a bill compensating asa weeks for his labor and expenses in perfecting torpedoes, torpedo machinery, and the art of torpedo war for the sole

On Feb 21, 1879, the House voted 80–97 (HR 6470). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 78–15, Republicans 4–84, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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: 80
No: 97
Did not vote: 119
Date: Feb 21, 1879

By party

Democrats78 yes · 15 no · 65 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans4 yes · 84 no · 54 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted no
James Williams D-DE voted no
Carter Henry Harrison D-IL voted no
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
John Smith Young D-LA voted no
Benjamin Dean D-MA voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
William Kimmel D-MD voted no
Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
John Mosher Bailey R-NY voted yes
Henry Blackstone Banning D-OH voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted yes
John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
John Goode Jr. D-VA 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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