To suspend rules and pass a resolution providing for a special order for the illinois canal bill.

On Jan 25, 1875, the House voted 180–55. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 124–33, Democrats 53–20, Others 3–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 53 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: 180
No: 55
Did not vote: 69
Date: Jan 25, 1875

By party

Others3 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Republicans124 yes · 33 no · 47 didn’t vote
Democrats53 yes · 20 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
John Young Brown D-KY voted no
William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
William James O'Brien D-MD voted no
John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
William Bradbury Small R-NH voted no
Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted no
Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH voted no
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
John Berry D-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted no
Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
Sobieski Ross R-PA voted no
Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA voted no
Charles Albright R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Lemuel Todd R-PA voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
William Pinkney Mclean D-TX voted no
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT 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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