To suspend rules and pass H.R. 2425, a bill for the free exchange of newspapers between publishers.

On Apr 13, 1874, the House voted 178–40 (HR 2425). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 126–32, Democrats 54–8, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 40 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: 178
No: 40
Did not vote: 82
Date: Apr 13, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans126 yes · 32 no · 46 didn’t vote
Democrats54 yes · 8 no · 32 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted no
Asa Hodges R-AR voted no
William Wallace Wilshire R-AR voted no
Charles Clayton R-CA voted no
Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
James Rush Lofland R-DE voted no
Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
John Blake Rice R-IL voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
William Henry Stone D-MO voted no
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
Jason Niles R-MS voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY voted no
Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
William Crutchfield R-TN voted no
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
John Hancock D-TX voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and pass H.R. 2425, a bill…: House Vote, Apr 13, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-119/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-h-r-2425-a (accessed 2026-10-16).