To suspend the rules and consider H.R. 2354. (p. 1539)

On Feb 20, 1873, the House voted 171–25 (HR 2354). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 80–24, Democrats 88–1, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 members voted against their own party.

During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 171
No: 25
Did not vote: 58
Date: Feb 20, 1873

By party

Republicans80 yes · 24 no · 39 didn’t vote
Democrats88 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
William Henry Lamport R-NY voted no
Seth Wakeman R-NY voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and consider H.R. 2354…: House Vote, Feb 20, 1873,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-478/to-suspend-the-rules-and-consider-h-r-2354 (accessed 2026-10-17).