To amend H.R. 2546, a bill providing for the gradual reduction of the U.S. Army, by rearranging the pay rates of personnel in the pay dept. Of the army.

On May 29, 1874, the House voted 89–110 (HR 2546). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 79–54, Democrats 10–55, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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: 89
No: 110
Did not vote: 105
Date: May 29, 1874

By party

Others0 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans79 yes · 54 no · 71 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 55 no · 29 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
Alexander White R-AL voted no
John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
James Crawford Freeman R-GA 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
James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard 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
John Mcnulta R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL 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
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted yes
Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
Charles St. John R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
Barbour Lewis R-TN voted no
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
John Hancock D-TX voted yes
Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX voted yes
Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI voted no
John Marshall Hagans R-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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