To suspend rules and pass a resolution regarding the entry of colorado and new mexico to the union as states.

On Mar 3, 1875, the House voted 164–83. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 153–13, Democrats 10–67, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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: 164
No: 83
Did not vote: 57
Date: Mar 3, 1875

By party

Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans153 yes · 13 no · 38 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 67 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL voted yes
Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted yes
James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted no
Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted yes
John Daniel Lawson 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 Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
John Berry D-OH voted yes
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
Sobieski Ross R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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