To amend H.R. 6143 by increasing appropriation for railway mail service from $8,715,310 to $9,000,000.

On Jan 29, 1879, the House voted 118–96 (HR 6143). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 112–3, Democrats 8–93, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 11 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: 118
No: 96
Did not vote: 84
Date: Jan 29, 1879

By party

Democrats8 yes · 93 no · 57 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans112 yes · 3 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Phelps D-CT voted yes
Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted yes
Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted yes
James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted yes
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
John Weinland Killinger R-PA 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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