To suspend rules and make H.R. 2986, the centennial celebration appropriations bill, a special order of business.

On Apr 20, 1874, the House voted 154–65 (HR 2986). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 119–32, Democrats 33–33, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 65 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: 154
No: 65
Did not vote: 84
Date: Apr 20, 1874

By party

Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans119 yes · 32 no · 53 didn’t vote
Democrats33 yes · 33 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted no
Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Henry Otis Pratt R-IA voted no
James Wilson R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Granville Barrere R-IL voted no
Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
John Mcnulta R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted no
Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
John Young Brown D-KY voted no
Charles William Milliken D-KY voted no
William Brown Read D-KY voted no
Elisha David Standiford D-KY voted no
William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
John Duncan Young D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted no
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted no
John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH voted no
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
John Berry D-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
William Pinkney Mclean D-TX voted no
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
Rees Tate Bowen D-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
Frank Hereford D-WV 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 rules and make H.R. 2986, the…: House Vote, Apr 20, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-131/to-suspend-rules-and-make-h-r-2986-the (accessed 2026-10-17).