To pass H.R. 1895, a bill paying $18,430.87 in full compensation for the claim of william h. Newman and l.a. Van hoffman for the use of the pioneer mills in ale

On Feb 8, 1878, the House voted 94–109 (HR 1895). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–87, Democrats 76–25, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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: 94
No: 109
Did not vote: 91
Date: Feb 8, 1878

By party

Democrats76 yes · 25 no · 57 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans21 yes · 87 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
George Marcellus Landers D-CT voted no
Levi Warner D-CT voted no
Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted yes
Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted yes
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
William Hartzell D-IL voted no
Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN voted yes
Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
Walbridge Abner Field R-MA voted yes
George Bailey Loring R-MA voted yes
William Whitney Rice R-MA voted yes
Amasa Norcross R-MA voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted yes
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted yes
Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
Frank Jones D-NH voted no
Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
James Way Covert D-NY voted no
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted yes
Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY voted yes
Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted yes
Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted no
John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted no
Jacob Turney D-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
Robert Smalls R-SC voted yes
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted yes
Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
William Pitt Lynde D-WI voted no
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI 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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