To suspend rules and pass H.R. 4567, a bill providing for the increase of the metropolitan police force of the district of columbia.

On May 17, 1880, the House voted 86–121 (HR 4567). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 79–24, Republicans 1–94, Others 6–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 86
No: 121
Did not vote: 94
Date: May 17, 1880

By party

Democrats79 yes · 24 no · 43 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans1 yes · 94 no · 40 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Burwell Boykin Lewis D-AL voted no
James Phelps D-CT voted no
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
Jeptha Dudley New D-IN voted no
Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
James Richard Waddill D-MO voted no
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
William Lounsbery D-NY voted no
William David Hill D-OH voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
Gibson Atherton D-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted no
Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted no
Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV 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 rules and pass H.R. 4567, a bill…: House Vote, May 17, 1880,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-266/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-h-r-4567-a (accessed 2026-10-17).