That house resolve into committee of the whole to consider H.R. 6240.

On Feb 22, 1879, the House voted 117–141. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–131, Republicans 117–10, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 12 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: 141
Did not vote: 40
Date: Feb 22, 1879

By party

Democrats2 yes · 131 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans117 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horace Davis R-CA voted no
Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted no
Nathan Cole R-MO voted no
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted no
Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted no
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted yes
Thomas Wren R-NV voted no
Robert Smalls R-SC voted no
Joseph Jorgensen R-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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