House roll call 415 · 42nd Congress · Jan 20, 1873
To suspend the rules and ask for a conference on H.J. RES. 170, a resolution enabling the people of the U.S. To participate in the advantages of the inter-natio
On Jan 20, 1873, the House voted 101–74 (HJR 170). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 73–18, Democrats 27–55, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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
- 101
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- Jan 20, 1873
By party
- Republicans73 yes · 18 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 55 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr 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
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter 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
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Armor Bingham 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
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- 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
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague 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 Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Smith Herndon 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
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- William Anderson Handley D-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
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Mccleery 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
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-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 Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Other votes
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