House roll call 87 · 43rd Congress · Mar 21, 1874
To amend H.R. 2550, by providing for taxation of property as a means of acquiring funds for teachers' salaries.
On Mar 21, 1874, the House voted 112–83 (HR 2550). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 52–75, Democrats 57–7, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 59 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
- 112
- No
- 83
- Did not vote
- 109
- Date
- Mar 21, 1874
By party
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans52 yes · 75 no · 77 didn’t vote
- Democrats57 yes · 7 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Clements R-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- William Brewster Williams R-MI voted yes
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted yes
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- John Quincy Smith R-OH voted yes
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted yes
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted yes
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted yes
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- William Crutchfield R-TN voted yes
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
- James Beverley Sener R-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted yes
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland 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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- 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
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- 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 Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- James Beverley Sener 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
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley 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
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
Did not vote
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell 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
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Stevenson Archer 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
Other votes
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