To postpone until june 8th, further consideration of a Senate concurrent resolution.

On May 29, 1878, the House voted 124–132. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 127–14, Republicans 4–124, Others 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 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: 124
No: 132
Did not vote: 31
Date: May 29, 1878

By party

Democrats127 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans4 yes · 124 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted no
Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted no
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted yes
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
David Rea D-MO voted no
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA voted no
Gabriel Bouck D-WI 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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