House roll call 494 · 42nd Congress · Feb 27, 1873
To table report of a select committee concerning the conduct of oakes ames, a member of the house from mass., of james brooks, a member of the house from n.y.,
On Feb 27, 1873, the House voted 58–165. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 39–81, Democrats 18–84, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 58
- No
- 165
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 27, 1873
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 81 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 84 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- Charles St. John R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted yes
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- 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
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- 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
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-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
- Edward Crossland 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
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye 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
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris 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
- 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
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell 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
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- 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
- 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
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- James Brooks D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley 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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