To suspend rules and pass H.R. 4545, a bill providing supplies for people made destitute through the ravages of grasshoppers.

On Feb 1, 1875, the House voted 172–49 (HR 4545). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 151–4, Democrats 21–44, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 172
No: 49
Did not vote: 81
Date: Feb 1, 1875

By party

Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans151 yes · 4 no · 49 didn’t vote
Democrats21 yes · 44 no · 29 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN voted yes
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
William James O'Brien D-MD voted yes
Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted yes
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted yes
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY voted yes
Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted no
Milton Sayler D-OH voted yes
James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX voted yes
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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