To amend a rule of the house appointing a number of select committees, by providing that the committee on commerce may report bills making appropriations for ri

On Apr 9, 1879, the House voted 146–97. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 71–52, Republicans 65–41, Others 11–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 93 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: 146
No: 97
Did not vote: 56
Date: Apr 9, 1879

By party

Democrats71 yes · 52 no · 23 didn’t vote
Others11 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans65 yes · 41 no · 29 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR voted no
Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
James Phelps D-CT voted no
Frederick Miles R-CT voted no
Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
Rush Clark R-IA voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
Jeptha Dudley New D-IN voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
William Ralph Myers D-IN voted no
Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN voted no
Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted no
John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted no
Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA voted no
George Bailey Loring R-MA voted no
William Kimmel D-MD voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted no
Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted no
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted no
Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Evarts Worcester Farr R-NH voted no
Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ voted no
John Lauris Blake R-NJ voted no
Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
William Lounsbery D-NY voted no
John Mosher Bailey R-NY voted no
John Hammond R-NY voted no
Amaziah Bailey James R-NY voted no
David Wilber R-NY voted no
Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
David Plunket Richardson R-NY voted no
John Van Voorhis R-NY voted no
Thomas Lowry Young R-OH voted no
John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
William David Hill D-OH voted no
Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
Thomas Ewing D-OH voted no
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no

And 13 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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