House roll call 441 · 42nd Congress · Feb 6, 1873
To order engrossment and third reading of H.R. 3498, (17 stat 556, 3-3-73), a post office appropriation bill. (p. 1162)
On Feb 6, 1873, the House voted 125–36 (HR 3498). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 97–1, Democrats 28–35, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 125
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 91
- Date
- Feb 6, 1873
By party
- Republicans97 yes · 1 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 35 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
- John Critcher D-VA voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- John James Davis D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William Pierce Frye 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
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-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
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas 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
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers 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
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-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
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-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
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland 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
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-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
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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