To order call of the house motion made during debate on H.R. 2266.

On Jul 1, 1879, the House voted 114–35 (HR 2266). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 79–1, Republicans 26–33, Others 9–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 members voted against their own party.

During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 114
No: 35
Did not vote: 152
Date: Jul 1, 1879

By party

Democrats79 yes · 1 no · 66 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans26 yes · 33 no · 76 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted yes
John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted yes
Edwin Willits R-MI voted yes
Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted yes
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted yes
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ voted yes
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
John Hammond R-NY voted yes
Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted yes
Joseph Mason R-NY voted yes
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted yes
Amos Townsend R-OH voted yes
William Godshalk R-PA voted yes
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted yes
John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted yes
James Manning Tyler R-VT voted yes
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
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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