House roll call 445 · 42nd Congress · Feb 10, 1873
To suspend the rules and consider a bill providing for the further endorsment and support of colleges for the benfit of articulture, the mechanic arts, and the
On Feb 10, 1873, the House voted 119–82 (S 693). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 73–38, Democrats 45–43, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 81 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
- 119
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Feb 10, 1873
By party
- Republicans73 yes · 38 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Democrats45 yes · 43 no · 18 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
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
- William Brown Read D-KY voted no
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted no
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
And 1 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- 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
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell 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
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie 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
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris 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
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay 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
- Charles Howell Porter 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
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-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
- William Steele Holman 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
- Edward Crossland 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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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