House roll call 471 · 42nd Congress · Feb 17, 1873
To table S. 693. (p. 1432)
On Feb 17, 1873, the House voted 69–123 (S 693). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–79, Democrats 38–43, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 67 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
- 69
- No
- 123
- Did not vote
- 62
- Date
- Feb 17, 1873
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 79 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats38 yes · 43 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted yes
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- John James Davis D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-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
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill 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
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster 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
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell 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
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-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
- 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
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann 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
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Charles St. John R-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
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Scott Negley 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 Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-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
- Worthington Curtis Smith 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
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
Other votes
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