To pass H.R. 2423, over the President's veto.

On Mar 1, 1879, the House voted 110–96 (HR 2423). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–84, Democrats 90–15, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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: 110
No: 96
Did not vote: 87
Date: Mar 1, 1879

By party

Democrats90 yes · 15 no · 53 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Republicans25 yes · 84 no · 33 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horace Davis R-CA voted yes
Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted no
James Phelps D-CT voted no
Levi Warner D-CT voted no
James Williams D-DE voted no
Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted no
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted yes
Lorenzo Brentano R-IL voted yes
Philip Cornelius Hayes 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
William Henry Calkins R-IN voted yes
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted yes
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted yes
Nathan Cole R-MO voted yes
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
Thomas Jefferson Majors R-NE voted yes
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted yes
Richard Williams R-OR voted yes
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted yes
Russell Errett R-PA voted yes
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted yes
Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted yes
John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA voted no
George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI 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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