House roll call 422 · 42nd Congress · Jan 27, 1873
To suspend rules and pass a resolution instructing the committee of ways and means to report H.R. 3564, a bill refunding the cotton tax, and making the bill a s
On Jan 27, 1873, the House voted 77–105. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–77, Democrats 54–27, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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
- 77
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- Jan 27, 1873
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 77 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats54 yes · 27 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum 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
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-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
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry 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
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- 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
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-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
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- 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
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Charles Howell Porter R-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
- James Clark Mcgrew R-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
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell 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
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-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
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Other votes
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