To suspend rules and consider a resolution providing for preference to be given to soldiers seeking government employment and reducing travelling examination bo

On Jun 12, 1874, the House voted 155–67. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 109–41, Democrats 44–25, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 66 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: 155
No: 67
Did not vote: 82
Date: Jun 12, 1874

By party

Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans109 yes · 41 no · 54 didn’t vote
Democrats44 yes · 25 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
John Blake Rice R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
William James O'Brien D-MD voted no
Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
William Julian Albert R-MD voted no
John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
George Willard R-MI voted no
William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted no
Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted no
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY voted no
Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted no
Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts 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
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted no
William Sutton Moore R-PA voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA voted no
Eppa Hunton D-VA 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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