House roll call 159 · 43rd Congress · May 20, 1874
To table a house concurrent res. Providing for final adjournment of the first session of Congress.
On May 20, 1874, the House voted 65–135. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 54–82, Democrats 9–52, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 63 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
- 65
- No
- 135
- Did not vote
- 104
- Date
- May 20, 1874
By party
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans54 yes · 82 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 52 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Alexander White R-AL voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary 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
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted yes
- Isaac Clements R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-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
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted yes
- John Young Brown D-KY voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted yes
- William Brewster Williams R-MI voted yes
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted yes
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted yes
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- John Quincy Smith R-OH voted yes
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted yes
- James Soloman Biery R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted yes
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- James Beverley Sener R-VA voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Philip Cook D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-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
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-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
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- William James Purman R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- William Brown Read D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- George Willard R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond 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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
Other votes
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