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On Jan 15, 1875, the House voted 107–64. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 56–52, Democrats 49–10, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 62 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: 107
No: 64
Did not vote: 133
Date: Jan 15, 1875

By party

Others2 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans56 yes · 52 no · 96 didn’t vote
Democrats49 yes · 10 no · 35 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
James Wilson R-IA voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
James Stewart Martin R-IL voted no
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Josiah Williams Begole R-MI voted no
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
William Bradbury Small R-NH voted no
Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted no
Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted no
Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
Charles St. John R-NY voted no
David Wilber R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Lyman Tremain R-NY voted no
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
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
William Edward Finck D-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA voted no
John McCandless Thompson R-PA voted no
Charles Albright R-PA voted no
William Crutchfield R-TN voted no
Barbour Lewis R-TN voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton 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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