House roll call 423 · 42nd Congress · Jan 27, 1873
To suspend the rules and introduce H.R. 2982, (17 stat 421), a bill abolishing the franking privilege. (p. 893,892)
On Jan 27, 1873, the House voted 144–48. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 83–25, Democrats 61–22, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 144
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Jan 27, 1873
By party
- Republicans83 yes · 25 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats61 yes · 22 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- James Millander Hanks D-AR voted no
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA voted no
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- Frank Morey R-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- Andrew King D-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Charles St. John R-NY voted no
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- John Critcher D-VA voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-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
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-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
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely 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
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick 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
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-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
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith 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
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-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
- Robert Milton Speer 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
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- 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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell 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
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich 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
- 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
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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