House roll call 500 · 42nd Congress · Feb 27, 1873
To pass a preamble to a resolution concerning action to be taken by the house regarding the congressmen involved with the credit mobilier. (p. 1835)
On Feb 27, 1873, the House voted 98–113. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 68–46, Democrats 29–66, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 75 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
- 98
- No
- 113
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Feb 27, 1873
By party
- Republicans68 yes · 46 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 66 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted yes
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted no
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz 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
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Scott Negley 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
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-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
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- 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
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump 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
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm 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 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
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- James Millander Hanks D-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
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Mccleery 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
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-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
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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