House roll call 13 · 43rd Congress · Dec 16, 1873
To amend H.R. 471, a salary bill, by deducting back pay for members of preceding congresses from the amount due them from this Congress.
On Dec 16, 1873, the House voted 121–130 (HR 471). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 81–90, Democrats 39–39, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 120 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
- 121
- No
- 130
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Dec 16, 1873
By party
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans81 yes · 90 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats39 yes · 39 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL voted yes
- Charles Pelham R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL voted no
- 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
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- 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 no
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
- John Mcnulta R-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- James Stewart Martin R-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- Isaac Clements R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
- Charles William Milliken D-KY voted no
- William Brown Read D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- John Duncan Young D-KY voted no
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger 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
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted no
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted yes
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted no
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- William Alexander Smith R-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC voted no
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted yes
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ voted yes
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
And 40 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Philip Cook D-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier 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
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young 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
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter 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
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- William Brown Read 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
- 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
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins 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
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster 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
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- 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
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- 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
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
Other votes
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