House roll call 385 · 42nd Congress · Dec 19, 1872
To pass H.R. 3131, (17 stat 405, 1-8-73), a bill making deficiency appropriations. (p. 309)
On Dec 19, 1872, the House voted 109–45 (HR 3131). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 76–14, Democrats 36–32, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 46 members voted against their own party.
During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 109
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 93
- Date
- Dec 19, 1872
By party
- Republicans76 yes · 14 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Democrats36 yes · 32 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted no
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- William Brown Read D-KY voted no
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Andrew King D-MO voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- William Terry D-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
- John James Davis D-WV voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- John Beatty R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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