To amend H.R. 3600, (18 stat. 204, 4/23/74), the miscellaneous approp. Bill, by not restricting the wage scale of governmental printers and builders.

On Jun 15, 1874, the House voted 129–90 (HR 3600). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 111–43, Democrats 16–45, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 59 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: 129
No: 90
Did not vote: 85
Date: Jun 15, 1874

By party

Others2 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans111 yes · 43 no · 50 didn’t vote
Democrats16 yes · 45 no · 33 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
Alexander White R-AL voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted no
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Granville Barrere R-IL voted no
William Henry Ray R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Elisha David Standiford D-KY voted yes
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
Frank Morey R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted no
Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted yes
John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted yes
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted yes
Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
John Alexander Magee D-PA voted yes
Sobieski Ross R-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
William Crutchfield R-TN voted no
Barbour Lewis R-TN voted no
Thomas Whitehead D-VA voted yes
Rees Tate Bowen D-VA voted yes
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 amend H.R. 3600, (18 stat. 204, 4/23/74)…: House Vote, Jun 15, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-206/to-amend-h-r-3600-18-stat-204-4 (accessed 2026-10-17).