To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 6471 (20-stat-377, 3/3/79), the sundry civil appropriation bill.

On Feb 24, 1879, the House voted 182–79 (HR 6471). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 94–41, Republicans 87–37, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 78 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: 182
No: 79
Did not vote: 41
Date: Feb 24, 1879

By party

Democrats94 yes · 41 no · 23 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no
Republicans87 yes · 37 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
William Ephraim Smith D-GA voted no
Lorenzo Brentano R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
Thomas Foster Tipton R-IL voted no
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
Leonidas Sexton R-IN voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
William Henry Calkins R-IN voted no
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
Albert Shelby Willis 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
Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
Joseph Hayes Acklen D-LA voted no
Joseph Barton Elam D-LA voted no
John Smith Young D-LA voted no
Edward White Robertson D-LA voted no
Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted no
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Charles Clinton Ellsworth R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Benjamin Joseph Franklin D-MO voted no
John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
Clement Hall Sinnickson R-NJ voted no
John Howard Pugh R-NJ voted no
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
William Johnson Bacon R-NY voted no
John Newton Hungerford R-NY voted no
Mills Gardner R-OH voted no
Americus Vespucius Rice D-OH voted no
Thomas Ewing D-OH voted no
Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
William Ward R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
Harry White R-PA voted no
Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA voted no
John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
John Ford House D-TN voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA voted no
George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted no
John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted no
Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore D-VA voted no
Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted no
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 6471…: House Vote, Feb 24, 1879,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-343/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-6471 (accessed 2026-10-17).