To suspend rules and pass H.R. 1979, a bill providing for preservation of papers and ballots for all elections of representatives and delegates to Congress.

On Jun 17, 1874, the House voted 148–101 (HR 1979). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 147–22, Democrats 1–77, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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: 148
No: 101
Did not vote: 53
Date: Jun 17, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans147 yes · 22 no · 35 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 77 no · 16 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
James Stewart Martin R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY voted no
Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
William Sutton Moore R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
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 rules and pass H.R. 1979, a bill…: House Vote, Jun 17, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-213/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-h-r-1979-a (accessed 2026-10-17).