House roll call 17 · 43rd Congress · Dec 17, 1873
To amend H.R. 793, (18 stat. 4, 1/20/74), the salary bill, adding the members of the cabinet to the list of salary increases.
On Dec 17, 1873, the House voted 75–192 (HR 793). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 65–117, Democrats 10–72, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 75 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
- 75
- No
- 192
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Dec 17, 1873
By party
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans65 yes · 117 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 72 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Pelham R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Alexander White R-AL voted yes
- Charles Clayton R-CA voted yes
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- James Rush Lofland R-DE voted yes
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted yes
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- William Julian Albert R-MD voted yes
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted yes
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted yes
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted yes
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted yes
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted yes
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted yes
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- David Miller De Witt D-NY voted yes
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted yes
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted yes
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- Lyman Tremain R-NY voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Sobieski Ross R-PA voted yes
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted yes
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- Charles Albright R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted yes
- Barbour Lewis R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- James Abram Garfield R-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
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls 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
- 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
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr 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
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-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
- 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
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey 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
- 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
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins 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
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell 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
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-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 Willis Nesmith D-OR
- 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
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- 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
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard 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
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
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 793, (18 stat. 4, 1/20/74)…: House Vote, Dec 17, 1873,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-17/to-amend-h-r-793-18-stat-4-1 (accessed 2026-10-17).