House roll call 488 · 42nd Congress · Feb 24, 1873
To postpone consideration of minority report on an investigation being made by the committee on the judiciary relative to articles of impeachment of any officer
On Feb 24, 1873, the House voted 134–71. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 110–5, Democrats 22–65, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 134
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Feb 24, 1873
By party
- Republicans110 yes · 5 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 65 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden 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
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters 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
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- 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
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis 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
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-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 Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster 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
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin 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
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- 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
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- 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
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis 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
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- John Edwards O-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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