House roll call 245 · 43rd Congress · Dec 21, 1874
To adopt a concurrent resolution regarding adjournment for holiday recess.
On Dec 21, 1874, the House voted 121–93. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 55–94, Democrats 69–5, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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
- 121
- No
- 93
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Dec 21, 1874
By party
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans55 yes · 94 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Democrats69 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted yes
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Clements R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted yes
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ voted yes
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted yes
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted yes
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted yes
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- James Soloman Biery R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA voted yes
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- Barbour Lewis R-TN voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-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
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams 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
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell 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
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-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
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Barbour Lewis 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
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-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
- 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
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Cessna R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- 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
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
Did not vote
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- William James Purman R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
Other votes
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