To suspend the rules and take up for consideration H.R. 3061, a bill authorizing a special term of the circuit and district court of the United States for the s

On Feb 4, 1878, the House voted 145–97 (HR 3061). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 125–0, Republicans 18–97, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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: 145
No: 97
Did not vote: 60
Date: Feb 4, 1878

By party

Democrats125 yes · 0 no · 33 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans18 yes · 97 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted yes
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
John Hanna R-IN voted yes
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted yes
William Claflin R-MA voted yes
Amasa Norcross R-MA voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
Llewellyn Powers R-ME voted yes
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI voted yes
Jacob Henry Stewart R-MN voted yes
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted yes
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
Thomas Wren R-NV voted yes
Amaziah Bailey James R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI 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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