To suspend rules and pass a resolution providing for the prohibition of dilatory motions by the speaker.

On Jan 25, 1875, the House voted 150–99. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 151–18, Democrats 0–79, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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: 150
No: 99
Did not vote: 51
Date: Jan 25, 1875

By party

Others2 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Republicans151 yes · 18 no · 35 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 79 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
George Willard R-MI voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Sobieski Ross R-PA voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
John Ambler Smith 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and pass a resolution…: House Vote, Jan 25, 1875,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-277/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-a-resolution-providing-for (accessed 2026-10-16).