To suspend rules and pass S. 321, a bill providing for the reorganization of staff corps.

On Jun 23, 1874, the House voted 135–58 (S 321). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 105–34, Democrats 29–22, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 56 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: 135
No: 58
Did not vote: 111
Date: Jun 23, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans105 yes · 34 no · 65 didn’t vote
Democrats29 yes · 22 no · 43 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Henry Caldwell D-AL voted no
Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
Henry Otis Pratt R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Charles William Milliken D-KY voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted no
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted no
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC voted no
William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
William Sutton Moore R-PA voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX voted no
Thomas Whitehead D-VA voted no
Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer 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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