House roll call 256 · 43rd Congress · Jan 8, 1875
To pass a resolution directing the sergeant-at-arms to keep MR. R.b. Irwin, charged in the investigation of certain allegations against the pacific mail steamsh
On Jan 8, 1875, the House voted 34–160. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–97, Democrats 5–60, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 34 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
- 34
- No
- 160
- Did not vote
- 110
- Date
- Jan 8, 1875
By party
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 97 no · 78 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 60 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Charles Clayton R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- William Julian Albert R-MD voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- William Alexander Smith R-NC voted yes
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ voted yes
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted yes
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted yes
- Richard Schell D-NY voted yes
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted yes
- John Berry D-OH voted yes
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- William Sutton Moore R-PA voted yes
- Lemuel Todd R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI voted yes
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley 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
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-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
- 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
- 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
- Jacob Hale Sypher 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
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- 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
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- 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
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-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
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- William Edward Finck 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- 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
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas 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
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-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
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry 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
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-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
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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