To pass H.R. 3414, a bill providing for the prepayment of postage on printed matter.

On Jun 6, 1874, the House voted 110–73 (HR 3414). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 97–36, Democrats 12–35, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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: 110
No: 73
Did not vote: 121
Date: Jun 6, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans97 yes · 36 no · 71 didn’t vote
Democrats12 yes · 35 no · 47 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted yes
Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted yes
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
James Wilson R-IA voted no
Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted yes
John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
John Coburn R-IN voted no
William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
William Alexander Smith R-NC voted no
Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted yes
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY voted no
James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted no
Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted no
Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Berry D-OH voted yes
James Monroe R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
William Sutton Moore R-PA voted no
Lemuel Todd R-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
George Whitman Hendee R-VT voted no
Joel Allen Barber 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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