House roll call 421 · 42nd Congress · Jan 27, 1873
To suspend the rules and pass a bill appropriating $30,300, to aid in defraying the expenses of the board of health of the district of columbia. (p. 890)
On Jan 27, 1873, the House voted 84–87. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 74–25, Democrats 10–60, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 84
- No
- 87
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Jan 27, 1873
By party
- Republicans74 yes · 25 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 60 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- John Ritchie D-MD voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- 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
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- John Critcher D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT 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 Hays R-AL
- 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
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- 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
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler 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
- Charles Foster 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
- Frank Charles Bunnell 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
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay 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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry 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
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-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
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright 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
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-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
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
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