House roll call 459 · 42nd Congress · Feb 14, 1873
To resolve into committee of whole for consideration of public bills. (p. 1361)
On Feb 14, 1873, the House voted 113–48. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 68–21, Democrats 44–27, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 48 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
- 113
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 93
- Date
- Feb 14, 1873
By party
- Republicans68 yes · 21 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Democrats44 yes · 27 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-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
- Frank Morey R-LA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted no
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted no
- William Terry D-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- John James Davis D-WV voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley 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
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson 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
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts 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 Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Ritchie 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
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- 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
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- 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
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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