To pass H.R. 5896, (21 stat. 155, 6/4/80), the district of columbia appropriation bill for fiscal 1880.

On Apr 26, 1880, the House voted 117–28 (HR 5896). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 57–22, Republicans 56–0, Others 4–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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: 117
No: 28
Did not vote: 156
Date: Apr 26, 1880

By party

Democrats57 yes · 22 no · 67 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans56 yes · 0 no · 79 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL voted no
Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted no
William Ralph Myers D-IN voted no
Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN voted no
Thomas Turner D-KY voted no
Joseph Barton Elam D-LA voted no
Edward White Robertson D-LA voted no
Henry Poehler D-MN voted no
Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
John Finis Philips D-MO voted no
William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
Olin Wellborn D-TX voted no
George Craighead Cabell D-VA 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.R. 5896, (21 stat. 155, 6/4/80)…: House Vote, Apr 26, 1880,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-246/to-pass-h-r-5896-21-stat-155-6 (accessed 2026-10-17).