To amend H.R. 3094, the post office appropriation bill, by providing for free postage on the agricultural department reports.

On May 21, 1874, the House voted 134–71 (HR 3094). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 81–57, Democrats 54–15, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 72 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: 134
No: 71
Did not vote: 96
Date: May 21, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans81 yes · 57 no · 66 didn’t vote
Democrats54 yes · 15 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
John King Luttrell D-CA voted no
Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
Charles William Milliken D-KY voted no
George Luke Smith R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
William James O'Brien D-MD voted no
William Julian Albert R-MD voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
George Willard R-MI voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted no
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
William Henry Stone D-MO voted no
Jason Niles R-MS voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY voted no
Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted no
Lyman Tremain R-NY voted no
Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
George Whitman Hendee 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 amend H.R. 3094, the post office…: House Vote, May 21, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-162/to-amend-h-r-3094-the-post-office-appropriation (accessed 2026-10-17).