To suspend rules and pass a res. Providing for consideration of the report of the committee on rules.

On Feb 1, 1875, the House voted 153–109. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 152–19, Democrats 0–86, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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: 153
No: 109
Did not vote: 42
Date: Feb 1, 1875

By party

Others1 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Republicans152 yes · 19 no · 33 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 86 no · 8 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted no
Asa Hodges R-AR voted no
Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
James Rush Lofland R-DE voted no
Andrew Sloan R-GA voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
George Luke Smith R-LA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted no
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Lemuel Todd R-PA voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
John Marshall Hagans R-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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