House roll call 403 · 42nd Congress · Jan 17, 1873
To table S. 1015, a bill quieting title to certain lands in iowa. (p. 686)
On Jan 17, 1873, the House voted 79–101 (S 1015). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 27–64, Democrats 49–37, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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
- 79
- No
- 101
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Jan 17, 1873
By party
- Republicans27 yes · 64 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Democrats49 yes · 37 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA voted no
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted no
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely 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
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard 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
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- 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
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey 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
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan 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
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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