To suspend rules and pass a res. Concerning the amount of postage to be charged on the agricultural report.

On May 18, 1874, the House voted 154–46. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 102–39, Democrats 50–7, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 46 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: 46
Did not vote: 104
Date: May 18, 1874

By party

Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans102 yes · 39 no · 63 didn’t vote
Democrats50 yes · 7 no · 37 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
John Blake Rice R-IL voted no
Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted no
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
Charles William Milliken D-KY voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
George Willard R-MI voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted no
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
William Henry Stone D-MO voted no
Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
Jason Niles R-MS voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
William Bradbury Small R-NH voted no
Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted no
Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
Charles St. John R-NY voted no
James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
John Hancock D-TX voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI 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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