House roll call 450 · 42nd Congress · Feb 11, 1873
To order a call of the house, motion made during debate on H.R. 3938, a bill relating to the jurisdiction of the claims commission. (p. 1273,1272)
On Feb 11, 1873, the House voted 53–70 (HR 3938). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–50, Democrats 34–19, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 53
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 131
- Date
- Feb 11, 1873
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 50 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 19 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
- William Brown Read D-KY voted no
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted no
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay 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
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis 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
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- George Washington Mccrary 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
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- 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
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-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
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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