House roll call 400 · 42nd Congress · Jan 15, 1873
To amend H.R. 2991, by appropriating $1800 for the salary of a microscopist in the dept. Of agriculture. (p. 607)
On Jan 15, 1873, the House voted 99–77 (HR 2991). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 67–27, Democrats 31–49, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 58 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
- 99
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Jan 15, 1873
By party
- Republicans67 yes · 27 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 49 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- James Millander Hanks D-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
- John Critcher D-VA voted yes
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott 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
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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