House roll call 414 · 42nd Congress · Jan 20, 1873
To suspend rules and pass a resolution providing for the return of H.R. 1553, the goat island bill, to the house for further consideration. (p. 722,721)
On Jan 20, 1873, the House voted 94–78. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–68, Democrats 74–10, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 94
- No
- 78
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Jan 20, 1873
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 68 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Democrats74 yes · 10 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William G. Donnan 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
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Edward Crossland 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
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell 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
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler 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
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman 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
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon 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 Augustus Eldredge D-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
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport 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 Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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