House roll call 493 · 42nd Congress · Feb 24, 1873
To adjourn. (p. 1671)
On Feb 24, 1873, the House voted 61–97. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 43–54, Democrats 17–42, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 60 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
- 61
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 96
- Date
- Feb 24, 1873
By party
- Republicans43 yes · 54 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 42 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL 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
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-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
- 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
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- 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
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- William Evans Arthur 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-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
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner 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
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- 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
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- 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
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.