House roll call 490 · 42nd Congress · Feb 24, 1873
To amend H.R. 3922, by increasing the proposed appropriation for the improvement of the mississippi river between the mouth of the missouri river and the mouth
On Feb 24, 1873, the House voted 97–77 (HR 3922). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–55, Democrats 59–22, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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
- 97
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- Feb 24, 1873
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 55 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Democrats59 yes · 22 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted yes
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS 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
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted no
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore 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
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- 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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright 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
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- 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
- John Hill R-NJ
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill 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
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley 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
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks 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 Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
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