House roll call 140 · 43rd Congress · May 4, 1874
To suspend rules and consider a resolution regarding indian disbursements.
On May 4, 1874, the House voted 91–108. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 34–107, Democrats 56–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 91
- No
- 108
- Did not vote
- 105
- Date
- May 4, 1874
By party
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 107 no · 63 didn’t vote
- Democrats56 yes · 1 no · 37 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted yes
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted yes
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- Granville Barrere R-IL voted yes
- James Stewart Martin R-IL voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Jason Niles R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted yes
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted yes
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH voted no
- William Sutton Moore R-PA voted yes
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC voted yes
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- James Beverley Sener R-VA voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Philip Cook 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
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- 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
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger 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
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- 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
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge 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
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- 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
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Willard R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford 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
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
Other votes
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