To order main question on passage of a resolution making H.R. 564, and amendments, reported from the committee on coinage, weights and measures, a special order

On May 1, 1879, the House voted 116–108. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 109–12, Republicans 5–105, Others 16–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 17 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: 116
No: 108
Did not vote: 51
Date: May 1, 1879

By party

Democrats109 yes · 12 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others16 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Republicans5 yes · 105 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Burns Belford R-CO voted yes
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
George Bailey Loring R-MA voted yes
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted no
Henry Poehler D-MN voted no
Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ voted no
James Way Covert D-NY voted no
Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
Peter Victor Deuster 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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