House roll call 418 · 42nd Congress · Jan 23, 1873
To table H.J. RES. 170. (p. 814)
On Jan 23, 1873, the House voted 60–124 (HJR 170). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–89, Democrats 51–34, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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
- 60
- No
- 124
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- Jan 23, 1873
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 89 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats51 yes · 34 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- Andrew King D-MO voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted no
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted no
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY voted no
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted no
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood 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
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- John Critcher D-VA voted no
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-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
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- 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
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- 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
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-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
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey 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 Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith 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
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- 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
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table H.J. RES. 170. (p. 814): House Vote, Jan 23, 1873,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-418/to-table-h-j-res-170-p-814 (accessed 2026-10-17).