House roll call 16 · 43rd Congress · Dec 17, 1873
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which an amend ment to H.R. 793 (18 stat 4) was agreed to H.R. 793 is a bill repealing the increase of certain sal
On Dec 17, 1873, the House voted 168–94 (HR 793). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 116–60, Democrats 51–33, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 93 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
- 168
- No
- 94
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Dec 17, 1873
By party
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans116 yes · 60 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats51 yes · 33 no · 10 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
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss 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
- James Rush Lofland R-DE voted no
- William James Purman R-FL voted no
- Morgan Rawls D-GA voted no
- Philip Cook D-GA voted no
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted no
- Granville Barrere 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
- George Luke Smith R-LA voted no
- Frank Morey R-LA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted no
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted no
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted no
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted no
- David Miller De Witt D-NY voted no
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted no
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin 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
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
And 13 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- 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
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-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
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley 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
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy 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
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor 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
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- 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
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- William James Purman R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Henry W. Barry 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
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
Other votes
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