House roll call 12 · 43rd Congress · Dec 16, 1873
To adjourn.
On Dec 16, 1873, the House voted 77–184. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 49–129, Democrats 27–54, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 76 members voted against their own party.
During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 77
- No
- 184
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Dec 16, 1873
By party
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans49 yes · 129 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 54 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Pelham R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Alexander White R-AL voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Charles Clayton R-CA voted yes
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- James Rush Lofland R-DE voted yes
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted yes
- William James Purman R-FL voted yes
- Morgan Rawls D-GA voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- William Henry Ray R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- Charles William Milliken D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- John Duncan Young D-KY voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- George Luke Smith R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted yes
- William Julian Albert R-MD voted yes
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Jason Niles R-MS voted yes
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- William Alexander Smith R-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted yes
- William Bradbury Small R-NH voted yes
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted yes
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
- James Soloman Biery R-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted yes
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- Lemuel Todd 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
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted yes
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- James Beverley Sener R-VA voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA voted yes
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.