House roll call 138 · 43rd Congress · Apr 30, 1874
To amend S. 350, (18 stat. 43, 5/11/74), louisville and portland canal co. Bill, by providing for ky's ceding to the U.S. Jurisdiction over the canal and giving
On Apr 30, 1874, the House voted 73–143 (S 350). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 72–85, Democrats 4–61, Others 1–3. 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
- 73
- No
- 143
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Apr 30, 1874
By party
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans72 yes · 85 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 61 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL voted yes
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- William James Purman R-FL voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- John Blake Rice R-IL voted yes
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- William Henry Ray R-IL voted yes
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted yes
- George Luke Smith R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- William Julian Albert R-MD voted yes
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- George Willard R-MI voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- William Brewster Williams R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted yes
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS voted yes
- Jason Niles R-MS voted yes
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted yes
- William Bradbury Small R-NH voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ voted yes
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted yes
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted yes
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted yes
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted yes
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted yes
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted yes
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted yes
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- David Wilber R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted yes
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- Lyman Tremain R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Sobieski Ross R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted yes
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Julian Albert R-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
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-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
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-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
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- 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
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- 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
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill 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
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Henry Lamport 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
- William Lawrence R-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
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 350, (18 stat. 43, 5/11/74)…: House Vote, Apr 30, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-138/to-amend-s-350-18-stat-43-5-11 (accessed 2026-10-17).