To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4236.

On Apr 22, 1878, the House voted 166–66 (HR 4236). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 85–46, Republicans 88–29, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 75 members voted against their own party.

During the 45th Congress (1877–1878), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes: 166
No: 66
Did not vote: 52
Date: Apr 22, 1878

By party

Democrats85 yes · 46 no · 27 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans88 yes · 29 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John King Luttrell D-CA voted no
James Williams D-DE voted no
Milton Anthony Candler D-GA voted no
Rush Clark R-IA voted no
William Aldrich R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
William McKendree Springer 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
Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
Leonidas Sexton R-IN voted no
Milton Stapp Robinson R-IN voted no
Michael Doherty White R-IN voted no
Andrew Holman Hamilton 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
Thomas Turner D-KY voted no
John Blades Clarke D-KY voted no
Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
Frank Jones D-NH voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted no
Martin Ingham Townsend R-NY voted no
Andrew Williams R-NY voted no
Amaziah Bailey James R-NY voted no
Solomon Bundy R-NY voted no
Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted no
Charles Brewster Benedict D-NY voted no
George Washington Patterson R-NY voted no
Mills Gardner R-OH voted no
John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
John Sills Jones R-OH voted no
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted no
Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted no
Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted no
Jacob Turney D-PA voted no
Russell Errett R-PA voted no
John McCandless Thompson R-PA voted no
James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
William Parker Caldwell D-TN voted no
George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted no
John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted no
Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg 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 suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4236.: House Vote, Apr 22, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-142/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-4236 (accessed 2026-10-17).