To amend H.R. 2991, by increading by $25,000 the appropriation for purchase and distribution of new and valuable seeds and filuats. (p. 607)

On Jan 15, 1873, the House voted 112–67 (HR 2991). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 52–39, Democrats 59–26, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 65 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: 112
No: 67
Did not vote: 75
Date: Jan 15, 1873

By party

Republicans52 yes · 39 no · 52 didn’t vote
Democrats59 yes · 26 no · 21 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
Seth Wakeman R-NY voted no
William Williams D-NY voted no
Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted no
Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted no
William Terry D-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
John James Davis D-WV voted no
James Clark Mcgrew 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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