To suspend rules and discharge comm. Of whole from consideration H.R. 2653, authorizing the SEC. Of the treas. To suspend work on public buildings.

On Apr 13, 1874, the House voted 130–94 (HR 2653). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 84–70, Democrats 43–23, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 93 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: 130
No: 94
Did not vote: 80
Date: Apr 13, 1874

By party

Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans84 yes · 70 no · 50 didn’t vote
Democrats43 yes · 23 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Henry Otis Pratt R-IA voted no
James Wilson R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Franklin Corwin R-IL 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
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
James Stewart Martin R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted no
Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
George Willard R-MI voted no
Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
Albert Richards Howe R-MS voted no
Jason Niles R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted no
David Miller De Witt D-NY voted no
James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted no
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted no
Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH voted no
Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
Sobieski Ross R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no

And 13 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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