House roll call 454 · 42nd Congress · Feb 12, 1873
To pass a resolution stating that the votes cast for horace greeley as President ought not to be counted as he died before the votes were cast. (p. 1297)
On Feb 12, 1873, the House voted 102–98. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 81–30, Democrats 20–67, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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
- 102
- No
- 98
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Feb 12, 1873
By party
- Republicans81 yes · 30 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 67 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted no
- John Ritchie D-MD voted yes
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Charles St. John R-NY voted no
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- John Critcher D-VA voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted no
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- John James Davis D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell 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 Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- 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
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- 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
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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