To order main question on passage of H.R. 266, (18 stat 33, 4/22/74), the alaska fur trade bill.

On Apr 2, 1874, the House voted 102–110 (HR 266). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 100–47, Democrats 1–63, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 members voted against their own party.

During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 102
No: 110
Did not vote: 90
Date: Apr 2, 1874

By party

Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans100 yes · 47 no · 57 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 63 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Thomas Rapier R-AL voted no
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Alexander White R-AL voted no
Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted no
Asa Hodges R-AR voted no
James Rush Lofland R-DE voted no
Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
James Wilson R-IA voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Granville Barrere R-IL voted no
William Henry Ray R-IL voted no
John Mcnulta R-IL voted no
James Stewart Martin R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted no
Josiah Williams Begole R-MI voted no
Albert Richards Howe R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted no
David Miller De Witt D-NY voted yes
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted no
David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT 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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