To reconsider the vote by which a vote was ordered on a motion to adjourn, made during debate on a resolution.

On Dec 15, 1877, the House voted 39–120. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–101, Republicans 42–24, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 39
No: 120
Did not vote: 133
Date: Dec 15, 1877

By party

Democrats0 yes · 101 no · 57 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans42 yes · 24 no · 76 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Romualdo Pacheco R-CA voted no
Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted no
Joseph Champlin Stone R-IA voted no
William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
William Lathrop R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
William Claflin R-MA voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
John Howard Pugh R-NJ voted no
Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY voted no
John Sills Jones R-OH voted no
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Richard Williams R-OR voted no
William Ward R-PA voted no
Russell Errett R-PA voted no
William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted no
George Cochrane Hazelton R-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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