House roll call 425 · 43rd Congress · Feb 24, 1875
To table motion to reconsider the excusing of MR. Ward.
On Feb 24, 1875, the House voted 139–34. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 123–3, Democrats 15–29, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 139
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 131
- Date
- Feb 24, 1875
By party
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans123 yes · 3 no · 78 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 29 no · 50 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted yes
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted yes
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted yes
- John Alexander Magee D-PA voted yes
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Thomas Rapier 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
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack 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
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- George Willard 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
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions 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
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson 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
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Richard Schell D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward 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
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe 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
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
Other votes
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