To amend H.R. 471,the salary bill by providing that sena tors, representatives and delegates to the 43rd Congress who have received their compensation since 3/4

On Dec 16, 1873, the House voted 172–76 (HR 471). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 115–52, Democrats 56–22, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 74 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: 172
No: 76
Did not vote: 56
Date: Dec 16, 1873

By party

Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans115 yes · 52 no · 37 didn’t vote
Democrats56 yes · 22 no · 16 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
John Henry Caldwell D-AL voted no
Alexander White R-AL voted no
Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
Charles Clayton R-CA voted no
Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
James Rush Lofland R-DE voted no
William James Purman R-FL voted no
Morgan Rawls D-GA voted no
Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
John Blake Rice R-IL voted no
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted no
William Henry Ray R-IL voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
Charles William Milliken D-KY voted no
Elisha David Standiford D-KY voted no
Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
William Julian Albert R-MD voted no
Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted no
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
William Bradbury Small R-NH voted no
John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
Barbour Lewis R-TN voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
John Hancock D-TX voted no
Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted no
Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA voted no
Thomas Whitehead D-VA voted no
Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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