To concur in Senate amendment to H.R. 2064. Amendment adds 12 clerks to the personnel of the state department.

On May 29, 1874, the House voted 120–65 (HR 2064). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 116–13, Democrats 4–52. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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: 120
No: 65
Did not vote: 119
Date: May 29, 1874

By party

Republicans116 yes · 13 no · 75 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 52 no · 38 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted no
Franklin Corwin R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Granville Barrere R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
William Sutton Moore R-PA 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 concur in Senate amendment to H.R. 2064…: House Vote, May 29, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-177/to-concur-in-senate-amendment-to-h-r-2064 (accessed 2026-10-17).