To suspend the rules and adopt a res. Providing that there should be no subsidies to corporations in view of the current state of government finance.

On Dec 21, 1874, the House voted 149–75. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 97–53, Democrats 51–23, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 76 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: 149
No: 75
Did not vote: 77
Date: Dec 21, 1874

By party

Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans97 yes · 53 no · 54 didn’t vote
Democrats51 yes · 23 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
John Henry Caldwell D-AL voted no
Alexander White R-AL voted no
Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted no
Asa Hodges R-AR voted no
Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
James Rush Lofland R-DE voted no
Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
Andrew Sloan R-GA voted no
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
John Duncan Young D-KY voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
Frank Morey R-LA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA voted no
Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
William Henry Stone D-MO voted no
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
Albert Richards Howe R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted no
Richard Schell D-NY voted no
James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
William Sutton Moore R-PA voted no
Charles Albright R-PA voted no
Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
William Crutchfield R-TN voted no
David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
Barbour Lewis R-TN voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Pinkney Mclean D-TX voted no
John Hancock D-TX voted no
Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX voted no
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted no
Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA voted no
Thomas Whitehead D-VA voted no
John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
Rees Tate Bowen D-VA voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted no
Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI voted no
John Marshall Hagans R-WV voted no
Frank Hereford D-WV 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 suspend the rules and adopt a res…: House Vote, Dec 21, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-243/to-suspend-the-rules-and-adopt-a-res-providing (accessed 2026-10-17).