To suspend the rules and pass a resolution, instructing ways and means committee to revise the tariff for purposes of raising revenue, but not for protection.

On Dec 1, 1877, the House voted 67–76. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 65–13, Republicans 7–70, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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: 67
No: 76
Did not vote: 145
Date: Dec 1, 1877

By party

Democrats65 yes · 13 no · 80 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans7 yes · 70 no · 65 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Philip Cook D-GA voted no
Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
William Henry Calkins R-IN voted yes
John Harris Baker R-IN voted yes
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
Anthony Eickhoff D-NY voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted no
Levi Maish D-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
John Hamilton Evins D-SC 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, Dec 1, 1877,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-35/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-a-resolution-instructing (accessed 2026-10-14).