To table motion to reconsider vote by which previous question on (passage of) H.R. 4000 was ordered.

On Feb 17, 1880, the House voted 110–116 (HR 4000). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–106, Republicans 95–3, Others 6–9. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 13 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: 110
No: 116
Did not vote: 72
Date: Feb 17, 1880

By party

Democrats10 yes · 106 no · 30 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 9 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans95 yes · 3 no · 37 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Burns Belford R-CO voted no
James Phelps D-CT voted yes
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted yes
Jeptha Dudley New D-IN voted yes
Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted yes
Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN voted yes
Eppa Hunton D-VA 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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