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On Dec 14, 1874, the House voted 94–139. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 94–56, Democrats 0–80, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 94
No: 139
Did not vote: 71
Date: Dec 14, 1874

By party

Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans94 yes · 56 no · 54 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 80 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alexander White R-AL voted no
Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Andrew Sloan R-GA voted no
James Wilson R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted no
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
Frank Morey R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted no
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler 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
Lyman Tremain R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith 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
Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. 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 reconsider the vote by which the main…: House Vote, Dec 14, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-239/to-reconsider-the-vote-by-which-the-main-question (accessed 2026-10-16).