House roll call 486 · 42nd Congress · Feb 22, 1873
To amend H.R. 3922, (17 stat 560, 3-3-73), a bill making appropriations for the repair and completion of public works on rivers and harbors, by providing $50,00
On Feb 22, 1873, the House voted 79–85 (HR 3922). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–69, Democrats 54–15, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 79
- No
- 85
- Did not vote
- 90
- Date
- Feb 22, 1873
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 69 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Democrats54 yes · 15 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- 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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Colin Mckee 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
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith 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 Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock 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
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer 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
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler 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
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill 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
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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