To suspend the rules and pass a resolution appointing a committee to investigate the current handling of pension payments.

On Jan 12, 1880, the House voted 186–54. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 84–29, Republicans 87–24, Others 16–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 53 members voted against their own party.

During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 186
No: 54
Did not vote: 60
Date: Jan 12, 1880

By party

Democrats84 yes · 29 no · 33 didn’t vote
Others16 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans87 yes · 24 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL voted no
William James Samford D-AL voted no
Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted no
Thomas Williams D-AL voted no
William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
Romualdo Pacheco R-CA voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
Hiram Barber Jr. R-IL voted no
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA voted no
William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
John Stoughton Newberry R-MI voted no
Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI voted no
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
Henry Poehler D-MN voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ voted no
Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
John William Ferdon R-NY voted no
Warner Miller R-NY voted no
Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
Richard Crowley R-NY voted no
Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
William David Hill D-OH voted no
Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Amos Townsend R-OH voted no
John Smythe Richardson D-SC voted no
David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA voted no
Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted no
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-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 a resolution…: House Vote, Jan 12, 1880,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-147/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-a-resolution-appointing (accessed 2026-10-14).