House roll call 397 · 42nd Congress · Jan 13, 1873
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 3114, a bill repealing an act requiring an oath of office. (p. 541)
On Jan 13, 1873, the House voted 122–66 (HR 3114). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–66, Democrats 86–0, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 122
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Jan 13, 1873
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 66 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats86 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-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
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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