To suspend rules and pass a resolution regarding dispensation of unfinished business.

On Mar 3, 1875, the House voted 144–95. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 141–15, Democrats 2–77, Others 1–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 17 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: 144
No: 95
Did not vote: 65
Date: Mar 3, 1875

By party

Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans141 yes · 15 no · 48 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 77 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted yes
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted no
James Beverley Sener R-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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and pass a resolution…: House Vote, Mar 3, 1875,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-471/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-a-resolution-regarding-dispensation (accessed 2026-10-17).