To suspend the rules and pass S. 1200, a bill creating an auditor of railroad accounts.

On Jun 19, 1878, the House voted 188–13 (S 1200). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 103–2, Republicans 83–11, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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: 188
No: 13
Did not vote: 101
Date: Jun 19, 1878

By party

Democrats103 yes · 2 no · 53 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans83 yes · 11 no · 48 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
Theodore Weld Burdick R-IA voted no
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Frank Welch R-NE voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted no
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted no
Herman Leon Humphrey R-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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