To proceed to consideration of business on the speakers table.

On Jun 28, 1879, the House voted 110–25. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 70–7, Republicans 34–16, Others 6–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 members voted against their own party.

During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 110
No: 25
Did not vote: 166
Date: Jun 28, 1879

By party

Democrats70 yes · 7 no · 69 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 2 no · 12 didn’t vote
Republicans34 yes · 16 no · 85 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
William Aldrich R-IL voted no
Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
John Robert Thomas R-IL voted no
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Calvin Cowgill R-IN voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV voted no
William David Hill D-OH voted no
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted no
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
James H. Osmer R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV 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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