To suspend the rules and pass a bill retiring the circulating notes of the national banks.

On Jun 19, 1878, the House voted 110–113. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–102, Democrats 96–15, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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: 110
No: 113
Did not vote: 74
Date: Jun 19, 1878

By party

Democrats96 yes · 15 no · 47 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans13 yes · 102 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Levi Warner D-CT voted no
James Williams D-DE voted no
Samuel Addison Oliver R-IA voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
John Hanna R-IN voted yes
William Henry Calkins R-IN voted yes
John Harris Baker R-IN voted yes
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted yes
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
Alpheus Starkey Williams D-MI voted no
Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted yes
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted yes
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
Frank Jones D-NH voted no
Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
Alvah Augustus Clark D-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
James Way Covert D-NY voted no
William Davis Veeder D-NY voted no
Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
Elizur Kirke Hart D-NY voted no
Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
William Shearer Stenger D-PA voted no
Levi Maish D-PA 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 bill…: House Vote, Jun 19, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-H-251/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-a-bill-retiring (accessed 2026-10-17).