To pass H.R. 2418, a bill providing for the admission of new mexico as a state.

On May 21, 1874, the House voted 160–54 (HR 2418). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 123–27, Democrats 37–27, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 54 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: 160
No: 54
Did not vote: 88
Date: May 21, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans123 yes · 27 no · 54 didn’t vote
Democrats37 yes · 27 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Charles William Milliken D-KY voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
John Duncan Young D-KY voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
William Julian Albert R-MD voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
Jason Niles R-MS voted no
Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC voted no
Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Lyman Tremain R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted no
John Alexander Magee D-PA voted no
Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
Charles Albright R-PA voted no
Lemuel Todd R-PA voted no
Barbour Lewis R-TN voted no
William Pinkney Mclean D-TX voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Christopher Yancy Thomas 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
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Alexander Mitchell D-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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