To pass H.R. 2102, (161 stat. 498, 3/3/75), a bill providing for the inc. Of a street railway co. With permission to lay a track beginning at the east front of

On Feb 20, 1874, the House voted 112–88 (HR 2102). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 98–34, Democrats 13–51, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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: 112
No: 88
Did not vote: 104
Date: Feb 20, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans98 yes · 34 no · 72 didn’t vote
Democrats13 yes · 51 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted no
Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted no
Henry Otis Pratt R-IA voted no
James Wilson R-IA voted no
James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted yes
John Mcnulta R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
John Coburn R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
William Henry Stone D-MO voted yes
James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted no
Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Milton Sayler D-OH voted yes
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH voted yes
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
William Crutchfield R-TN voted no
Eppa Hunton D-VA voted yes
Charles Augustus Eldredge 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.R. 2102, (161 stat. 498, 3/3/75)…: House Vote, Feb 20, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-66/to-pass-h-r-2102-161-stat-498-3 (accessed 2026-10-17).