House roll call 439 · 42nd Congress · Feb 6, 1873
To table H.R. 3360, a bill authorizing the building of the wyoming and montana railway. (p. 1156)
On Feb 6, 1873, the House voted 72–98 (HR 3360). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–70, Democrats 47–28, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 72
- No
- 98
- Did not vote
- 84
- Date
- Feb 6, 1873
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 70 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Democrats47 yes · 28 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL voted no
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- Andrew King D-MO voted no
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted no
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted no
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- William Terry D-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
- John James Davis D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees 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
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose 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
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee 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 Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-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
- 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
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- 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
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- 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 Breese Hay R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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