To suspend the rules and pass a resolution providing that the rules be suspended and the house at once proceed to dispose of business on the speaker's table in

On Jun 18, 1878, the House voted 130–99. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–95, Republicans 109–3, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 130
No: 99
Did not vote: 73
Date: Jun 18, 1878

By party

Democrats20 yes · 95 no · 43 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no
Republicans109 yes · 3 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Willis Garth D-AL voted yes
Lucien Coatsworth Gause D-AR voted yes
Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D-CA voted yes
Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted yes
James Williams D-DE voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted yes
John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted yes
Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted yes
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted yes
Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted yes
Thomas Ewing D-OH voted yes
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
John McCandless Thompson R-PA voted no
Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes
John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes

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 18, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-247/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-a-resolution-providing (accessed 2026-10-16).