To amend H.R. 4246, the post office appropriation bill for fiscal year june 30, 1879, by increasing from $100,000 to $150,000 the appropriation for preventing m

On Apr 26, 1878, the House voted 102–92 (HR 4246). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 109–3, Democrats 10–97, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 13 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: 102
No: 92
Did not vote: 81
Date: Apr 26, 1878

By party

Democrats10 yes · 97 no · 51 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans109 yes · 3 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Jeremiah Norman Williams D-AL voted yes
William Willis Garth D-AL voted yes
William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted yes
Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted yes
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted yes
Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted yes
James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 4246, the post office…: House Vote, Apr 26, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-148/to-amend-h-r-4246-the-post-office-appropriation (accessed 2026-10-17).