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On Jan 29, 1878, the House voted 159–99 (HR 2887). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 75–53, Republicans 82–46, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 99 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: 159
No: 99
Did not vote: 44
Date: Jan 29, 1878

By party

Democrats75 yes · 53 no · 30 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans82 yes · 46 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Fulwood Ligon D-AL voted no
Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted no
William Willis Garth D-AL voted no
William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
John King Luttrell D-CA voted no
George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted no
James Phelps D-CT voted no
John Turner Wait R-CT voted no
Levi Warner D-CT voted no
James Williams D-DE voted no
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA voted no
Rush Clark R-IA voted no
Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY voted no
James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
John Blades Clarke D-KY voted no
William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted no
Walbridge Abner Field R-MA voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
William Walsh D-MD voted no
Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted no
Llewellyn Powers R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN voted no
Nathan Cole R-MO voted no
John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted no
Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ voted no
Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ voted no
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
Andrew Williams R-NY voted no
Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
Mills Gardner R-OH voted no
Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted no
Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
John Sills Jones R-OH voted no
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Amos Townsend R-OH voted no
Chapman Freeman R-PA voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
William Ward R-PA voted no
Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-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

And 19 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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