To amend H.R. 3600, by providing the clerk of the house committee on commerce with a salary of $2,190 per annum.

On Jun 22, 1874, the House voted 82–111 (HR 3600). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 73–58, Democrats 8–53, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 66 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: 82
No: 111
Did not vote: 111
Date: Jun 22, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans73 yes · 58 no · 73 didn’t vote
Democrats8 yes · 53 no · 33 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
Alexander White R-AL voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
James Rush Lofland R-DE voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
James Wilson R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
John Blake Rice R-IL voted no
Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted no
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL 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
James Stewart Martin R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
William Julian Albert R-MD voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted no
Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted yes
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
Milton Sayler D-OH voted yes
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Sobieski Ross R-PA voted no
Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted no
William Crutchfield R-TN voted no
Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX voted yes
Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Charles Grandison Williams R-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 3600, by providing the clerk…: House Vote, Jun 22, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-234/to-amend-h-r-3600-by-providing-the-clerk (accessed 2026-10-17).