House roll call 47 · 43rd Congress · Jan 30, 1874
To amend H.J. RES. 43, (18 stat. 285, 2/13/74), authorizing a special court of inquiry concerning general o.o. Howard, by allowing the accused the same right of
On Jan 30, 1874, the House voted 172–64 (HJR 43). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 149–11, Democrats 22–53, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 172
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Jan 30, 1874
By party
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans149 yes · 11 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 53 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Morgan Rawls D-GA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- James Stewart Martin R-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- John Alexander Magee D-PA voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- William James Purman R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary 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
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon 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
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler 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 Evans Arthur D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Henry Waldron 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
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass 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
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- 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
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-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
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott 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
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- 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
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- 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
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- 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
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- James Burnie Beck 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
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.J. RES. 43, (18 stat. 285…: House Vote, Jan 30, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-47/to-amend-h-j-res-43-18-stat-285 (accessed 2026-10-17).