To pass a resolution suggesting a 2/3 majority be required for house rules.

On Jan 20, 1874, the House voted 123–101. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 125–35, Democrats 0–66, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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: 123
No: 101
Did not vote: 76
Date: Jan 20, 1874

By party

Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans125 yes · 35 no · 44 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 66 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT 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
Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted no
Franklin Corwin R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
John Mcnulta R-IL voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
William Julian Albert R-MD voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
George Willard R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted no
George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
William Crutchfield R-TN voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted no
Alexander Stuart Mcdill 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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