To pass H.R. 1243, a bill for the abolition of the mileage system.

On Apr 15, 1874, the House voted 189–48 (HR 1243). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 124–36, Democrats 63–11, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 47 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: 189
No: 48
Did not vote: 67
Date: Apr 15, 1874

By party

Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans124 yes · 36 no · 44 didn’t vote
Democrats63 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
Charles Clayton R-CA voted no
Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
William James Purman R-FL voted no
William G. Donnan 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
Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted no
William Brown Read D-KY voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
Frank Morey R-LA voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted no
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
Albert Richards Howe R-MS voted no
Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted no
William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
John Hancock D-TX voted no
Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted no
Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI 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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