Seven Republicans voted against a House resolution Tuesday to rename a post office building in Fairport, New York, after the late Rep. Louise Slaughter and her husband Bob, who is also deceased.

Slaughter, a New York Democrat who was the first woman to chair the House Rules Committee, died last year at the age of 88 after being hospitalized for a fall in the middle of her 16th term in Congress.

While unapologetically liberal, Slaughter was friends with members in both parties. She forged a particular bond with Texas Republican Pete Sessions, who chaired the Rules panel when she served as ranking member the past few congresses.

“You could not help but like this woman,” Speaker Paul D. Ryan said during a congressional memorial service for Slaughter last year.

From the archives: ‘Louise was the life of the party’: Lawmakers eulogize Louise M. Slaughter