To suspend the rules and pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution. The amendment provides that no claim shall hereafter be paid by TH

On Jun 19, 1878, the House voted 24–133. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–67, Republicans 1–71, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 24 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: 24
No: 133
Did not vote: 139
Date: Jun 19, 1878

By party

Democrats23 yes · 67 no · 68 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Republicans1 yes · 71 no · 70 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Levi Warner D-CT voted yes
James Williams D-DE voted yes
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
Benjamin Dean D-MA voted yes
Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC voted yes
Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ voted yes
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted yes
Milton Sayler D-OH voted yes
John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted yes
Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted yes
Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted yes
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
Francis Dolan Collins D-PA voted yes
Jacob Turney D-PA voted yes
Harry White R-PA voted yes
John Ford House D-TN voted yes
Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted yes
James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
William Pitt Lynde D-WI voted yes
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted yes
Gabriel Bouck D-WI 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 joint…: House Vote, Jun 19, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-260/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-a-joint-resolution (accessed 2026-10-15).