House roll call 95 · 43rd Congress · Mar 25, 1874
To order main question on passage of H.R. 1385, interstate commerce bill.
On Mar 25, 1874, the House voted 129–95 (HR 1385). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 124–31, Democrats 6–63, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 129
- No
- 95
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Mar 25, 1874
By party
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans124 yes · 31 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 63 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- George Willard R-MI voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
- John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted no
- William Sutton Moore R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA voted yes
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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 Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell 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
- John Blake Rice 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
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- 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
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- 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
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- 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
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-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
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- 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
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-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
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
Other votes
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