To suspend the rules and pass a resolution allowing the house to consider H.R. 3257, a bill granting pension to mexican war veterans.

On Apr 19, 1880, the House voted 119–70 (HR 3257). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 99–1, Republicans 6–69, Others 14–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 7 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: 119
No: 70
Did not vote: 112
Date: Apr 19, 1880

By party

Democrats99 yes · 1 no · 46 didn’t vote
Others14 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans6 yes · 69 no · 60 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted yes
Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ voted yes
Thomas Lowry Young R-OH voted yes
Russell Errett R-PA voted yes
Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted yes
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, Apr 19, 1880,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-237/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-a-resolution-allowing (accessed 2026-10-16).