House roll call 474 · 42nd Congress · Feb 19, 1873
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 4016, a bill providing for the amending of the pensions claim act of july 4, 1864. (p. 1508)
On Feb 19, 1873, the House voted 54–115 (HR 4016). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–68, Democrats 28–45, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 54 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
- 54
- No
- 115
- Did not vote
- 85
- Date
- Feb 19, 1873
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 68 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 45 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck 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
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens 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
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- 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
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam 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
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler 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
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- 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
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Other votes
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