House roll call 240 · 43rd Congress · Dec 14, 1874
To suspend rules and adopt a resolution providing for the investigation of government officials' involvement in the "safe burglary conspiracy".
On Dec 14, 1874, the House voted 138–88. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 59–88, Democrats 76–0, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 59 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
- 138
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Dec 14, 1874
By party
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans59 yes · 88 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Democrats76 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary 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
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Franklin Corwin R-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort 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
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted yes
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted yes
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted yes
- George Willard R-MI voted yes
- William Brewster Williams R-MI voted yes
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted yes
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS voted yes
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- William Alexander Smith R-NC voted yes
- William Bradbury Small R-NH voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ voted yes
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted yes
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted yes
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- William Crutchfield R-TN voted yes
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted yes
- James Beverley Sener R-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-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
- 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
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-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
- 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
- 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
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Alvah Crocker 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
- George Willard R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter 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
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole 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
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles St. John R-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Cessna 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
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- 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
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
Other votes
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