To suspend the rules and pass a resolution authorizing the committee on expenditures in the treasury department to send subcommittees to investigate and take te

On Feb 4, 1878, the House voted 136–108. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 129–2, Republicans 7–109, Others 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 9 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: 136
No: 108
Did not vote: 53
Date: Feb 4, 1878

By party

Democrats129 yes · 2 no · 27 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans7 yes · 109 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Levi Warner D-CT voted no
William Walsh D-MD voted no
Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted yes
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
George Augustus Bagley R-NY voted yes
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted yes
John Sills Jones R-OH voted yes
Joseph Jorgensen R-VA 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 resolution…: House Vote, Feb 4, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-73/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-a-resolution-authorizing (accessed 2026-10-14).