To suspend the rules and adopt a resolution suspending the house rules so as to set march 3 at noon as the hour for considering a resolution severely censuring

On Mar 1, 1879, the House voted 127–113. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 130–0, Republicans 0–117, Others 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

During the 45th Congress (1877–1878), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes: 127
No: 113
Did not vote: 53
Date: Mar 1, 1879

By party

Democrats130 yes · 0 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans0 yes · 117 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.

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 adopt a resolution…: House Vote, Mar 1, 1879,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-357/to-suspend-the-rules-and-adopt-a-resolution-suspending (accessed 2026-10-16).