House roll call 381 · 43rd Congress · Feb 4, 1875
To reconsider postponement of H.R. 145, a bill providing for the construction of a canal connecting lake michigan, the mississippi river, and the rock river.
On Feb 4, 1875, the House voted 143–81 (HR 145). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 123–24, Democrats 18–56, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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
- 143
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- Feb 4, 1875
By party
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans123 yes · 24 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 56 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY voted yes
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted yes
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
- Richard Schell D-NY voted yes
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted no
- John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted no
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA voted yes
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens 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
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut 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
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason 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
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- 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
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field 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
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer 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 Cessna R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- 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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler 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
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden 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
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Willard R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- 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
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To reconsider postponement of H.R. 145, a…: House Vote, Feb 4, 1875,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-381/to-reconsider-postponement-of-h-r-145-a-bill (accessed 2026-10-17).