House roll call 438 · 42nd Congress · Feb 6, 1873
To table a resolution providing MR. Bowen with funds to pay the cost of his contest for a seat in the 42nd Congress against MR. Delarge. (p. 1153)
On Feb 6, 1873, the House voted 83–96. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–73, Democrats 55–23, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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
- 83
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Feb 6, 1873
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 73 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats55 yes · 23 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted yes
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck 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
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted no
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Steele Holman 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
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump 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
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-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
- Alexander Mitchell D-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 Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle 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
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Armor Bingham 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 Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-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
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-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 Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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