To order main question on a substitute for H.R. 4680.

On Feb 23, 1875, the House voted 133–114 (HR 4680). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 132–39, Democrats 1–72, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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: 133
No: 114
Did not vote: 57
Date: Feb 23, 1875

By party

Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans132 yes · 39 no · 33 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 72 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Franklin Corwin R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
William Henry Ray R-IL voted no
John Mcnulta R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
James Stewart Martin R-IL voted no
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA voted no
Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted no
George Willard R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
William Alexander Smith R-NC voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Charles St. John R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
William Henry Harrison Stowell 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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