To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 232, a bill extending the time for the construction and completion of the northern pacific railroad.

On Jun 18, 1878, the House voted 89–127 (HR 232). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–98, Republicans 75–29, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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: 89
No: 127
Did not vote: 81
Date: Jun 18, 1878

By party

Democrats17 yes · 98 no · 43 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans75 yes · 29 no · 38 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horace Davis R-CA voted no
Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
William Lathrop R-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
Philip Cornelius Hayes R-IL voted no
Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Leonidas Sexton R-IN voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
John Hanna R-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
Michael Doherty White R-IN voted no
William Henry Calkins R-IN voted no
James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
John Harris Baker R-IN voted no
Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
Benjamin Dean D-MA voted yes
Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
Eli Jones Henkle D-MD voted yes
Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted yes
Jonas Hartzell Mcgowan R-MI voted no
Edwin William Keightley R-MI voted no
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
Nathan Cole R-MO voted no
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted no
Jesse Johnson Yeates D-NC voted yes
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
Frank Jones D-NH voted yes
William Davis Veeder D-NY voted yes
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted yes
Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted yes
Mills Gardner R-OH voted no
Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted no
John Sills Jones R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
Levi Augustus Mackey D-PA voted yes
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
James Henry Randolph R-TN voted no
Beverly Browne Douglas D-VA voted yes
William Pitt Lynde D-WI 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 H.R. 232, a…: House Vote, Jun 18, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-250/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-232 (accessed 2026-10-17).