To suspend rules and pass S. 654, a bill providing a time extension for the completion of a railway from ST. Croix river to bayfield, wisconsin and to the west

On Jun 20, 1874, the House voted 92–95 (S 654). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 77–52, Democrats 15–41, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 67 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: 92
No: 95
Did not vote: 117
Date: Jun 20, 1874

By party

Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans77 yes · 52 no · 75 didn’t vote
Democrats15 yes · 41 no · 38 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted yes
Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted yes
James Wilson R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
William Henry Ray R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Cason 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
William Williams R-IN voted no
Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted no
Elisha David Standiford D-KY voted yes
John Duncan Young D-KY voted yes
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
Albert Richards Howe R-MS voted no
Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted yes
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted no
Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted no
Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY voted no
Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA voted no
Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
Lemuel Todd R-PA voted no
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
William Pinkney Mclean D-TX voted yes
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
Thomas Whitehead D-VA voted yes
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes

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 suspend rules and pass S. 654, a bill…: House Vote, Jun 20, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-231/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-s-654-a-bill (accessed 2026-10-17).