To pass the house concurrent resolution providing for final adjournment of first session of Congress.

On May 20, 1874, the House voted 143–69. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 85–55, Democrats 57–12, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 67 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: 143
No: 69
Did not vote: 92
Date: May 20, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans85 yes · 55 no · 64 didn’t vote
Democrats57 yes · 12 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Thomas Rapier R-AL voted no
Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
Alexander White R-AL voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted no
George Washington Mccrary 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
James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted no
Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter 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
John Young Brown D-KY voted no
William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted no
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted no
Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted no
John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass the house concurrent resolution…: House Vote, May 20, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-160/to-pass-the-house-concurrent-resolution-providing-for-final (accessed 2026-10-15).