To agree to conference report on H.R. 6463, the rivers and harbors appropriations bill.

On Mar 3, 1879, the House voted 108–62 (HR 6463). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 64–29, Republicans 45–37, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 66 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: 108
No: 62
Did not vote: 125
Date: Mar 3, 1879

By party

Democrats64 yes · 29 no · 65 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans45 yes · 37 no · 60 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA voted no
James Williams D-DE voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
Rush Clark R-IA voted no
William Lathrop R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN voted no
John Hanna R-IN voted no
Michael Doherty White R-IN voted no
Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY voted no
James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Benjamin Dean D-MA voted no
William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ voted no
Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
Amaziah Bailey James R-NY voted no
George Augustus Bagley R-NY voted no
William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted no
Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted no
George Washington Patterson R-NY voted no
Mills Gardner R-OH voted no
John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
Chapman Freeman R-PA voted no
Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted no
James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted no
Jacob Turney D-PA voted no
William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted no
John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted no
Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
Dudley Chase Denison R-VT 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 agree to conference report on H.R. 6463…: House Vote, Mar 3, 1879,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-369/to-agree-to-conference-report-on-h-r-6463 (accessed 2026-10-17).