To resolve into committee of whole in order to take up a special order assigned for the day.

On May 22, 1880, the House voted 146–40. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 81–15, Republicans 58–25, Others 9–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 40 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: 146
No: 40
Did not vote: 113
Date: May 22, 1880

By party

Democrats81 yes · 15 no · 50 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans58 yes · 25 no · 52 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
Campbell Polson Berry D-CA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
John Robert Thomas R-IL voted no
William Heilman R-IN voted no
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Calvin Cowgill R-IN voted no
John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
Amasa Norcross R-MA voted no
Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH voted no
John Lauris Blake R-NJ voted no
Lewis Alexander Brigham R-NJ voted no
Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
John William Ferdon R-NY voted no
Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted no
Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted no
James Manning Tyler 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 resolve into committee of whole in order…: House Vote, May 22, 1880,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-277/to-resolve-into-committee-of-whole-in-order-to (accessed 2026-10-17).