To suspend the rules and pass S. 486 (18 stat. 203), a bill extending the time of the ST. Paul and pacific railroad co. For the completion of its road.

On May 25, 1874, the House voted 115–97 (S 486). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 102–39, Democrats 12–58, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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: 115
No: 97
Did not vote: 92
Date: May 25, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans102 yes · 39 no · 63 didn’t vote
Democrats12 yes · 58 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted no
Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
James Wilson R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Mcnulta R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
William Julian Albert R-MD voted no
Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted no
Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ voted no
Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
James Stevenson Smart 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
Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
John Berry D-OH voted yes
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Lemuel Todd R-PA voted no
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
William Pinkney Mclean D-TX voted yes
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
John Hancock D-TX voted yes
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA voted no
Alexander Mitchell D-WI 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 suspend the rules and pass S. 486 (18…: House Vote, May 25, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-165/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-s-486-18 (accessed 2026-10-17).