House roll call 419 · 42nd Congress · Jan 23, 1873
To amend H.J. RES. 170, by reducing the appropriation to $200,000. (p. 814)
On Jan 23, 1873, the House voted 109–63 (HJR 170). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 80–18, Democrats 29–47, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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
- 109
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Jan 23, 1873
By party
- Republicans80 yes · 18 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 47 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA voted yes
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted yes
- 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
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted yes
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-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
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar 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
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- 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
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- 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
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens 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
- John Coburn R-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
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- 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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-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 Brutzman Storm D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks 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
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter 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
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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