To non-concur in the first branch of Senate amendment #7 to H.R. 1526 appropriating $10,000 for salaries of commissioners not in government employ and reducing

On Dec 11, 1877, the House voted 114–138 (HR 1526). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–130, Republicans 115–7, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 10 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: 114
No: 138
Did not vote: 45
Date: Dec 11, 1877

By party

Democrats3 yes · 130 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans115 yes · 7 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
Llewellyn Powers R-ME voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
Frank Welch R-NE voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
Abraham Herr Smith 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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