To suspend the rules and pass a resolution providing that since a joint meeting of both houses of the 44th Congress convened according to law and the constituti

On Jun 14, 1878, the House voted 216–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 124–0, Democrats 93–23, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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: 216
No: 21
Did not vote: 60
Date: Jun 14, 1878

By party

Democrats93 yes · 23 no · 42 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans124 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA voted no
James Phelps D-CT voted no
Levi Warner D-CT voted no
William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted no
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
Benoni Stinson Fuller D-IN voted no
Andrew Holman Hamilton D-IN voted no
Andrew Rechmond Boone D-KY voted no
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
Joseph Barton Elam D-LA voted no
Edward White Robertson D-LA voted no
Daniel Maynadier Henry D-MD voted no
Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore 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 a resolution…: House Vote, Jun 14, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-223/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-a-resolution-providing (accessed 2026-10-17).