To suspend the rules and consider H.R. 1584, a bill preventing the importation of contagious or infectious diseases.

On Apr 6, 1874, the House voted 126–78 (HR 1584). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 91–44, Democrats 34–33, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 77 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: 126
No: 78
Did not vote: 100
Date: Apr 6, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans91 yes · 44 no · 69 didn’t vote
Democrats34 yes · 33 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Franklin Corwin R-IL voted no
William Henry Ray R-IL voted no
Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
John Mcnulta R-IL voted no
James Stewart Martin R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
Charles William Milliken D-KY voted no
William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
John Duncan Young D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
William James O'Brien D-MD voted no
Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC voted no
Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted no
John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY voted no
Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted no
Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
Lyman Tremain R-NY voted no
Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted no
Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH voted no
Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
John Berry D-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA voted no
Charles Albright R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
John Hancock D-TX voted no
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
George Whitman Hendee R-VT voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Frank Hereford 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 the rules and consider H.R. 1584…: House Vote, Apr 6, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-103/to-suspend-the-rules-and-consider-h-r-1584 (accessed 2026-10-17).