House roll call 145 · 43rd Congress · May 7, 1874
To table motion to reconsider vote refusing engrossment and 3rd reading of H.R. 2986.
On May 7, 1874, the House voted 117–120 (HR 2986). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 82–93, Democrats 38–30, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 112 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
- 117
- No
- 120
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- May 7, 1874
By party
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans82 yes · 93 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats38 yes · 30 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted no
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL 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
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- Granville Barrere R-IL voted yes
- William Henry Ray R-IL voted yes
- John Mcnulta R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- James Stewart Martin R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Clements R-IL voted yes
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted yes
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Henry Lillie Pierce 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
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- William James O'Brien D-MD voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- 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
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted yes
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Jason Niles R-MS voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- William Bradbury Small R-NH voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted yes
And 32 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- 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
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Jasper Delos Ward 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
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-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
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb 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
- 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
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-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
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- 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
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- 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
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-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
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
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