House roll call 127 · 43rd Congress · Apr 15, 1874
To table H.R. 1243, a bill providing for the abolishment of the system of mileage.
On Apr 15, 1874, the House voted 63–170 (HR 1243). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 48–110, Democrats 15–57, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 63 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
- 63
- No
- 170
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Apr 15, 1874
By party
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans48 yes · 110 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 57 no · 22 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
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted yes
- Asa Hodges R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted yes
- William James Purman R-FL voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Franklin Corwin R-IL voted yes
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted yes
- James Stewart Martin R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- George Luke Smith R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted yes
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted yes
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted yes
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted yes
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted yes
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- William Crutchfield R-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI voted yes
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- 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
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing 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
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Alexander White R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
Other votes
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