House roll call 399 · 42nd Congress · Jan 15, 1873
To amend H.R. 2991, (17 stat 485, 3-3-73), a bill making appropriations for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the government, by paying no exp
On Jan 15, 1873, the House voted 113–62 (HR 2991). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 71–22, Democrats 41–39, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 61 members voted against their own party.
During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 113
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- Jan 15, 1873
By party
- Republicans71 yes · 22 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Democrats41 yes · 39 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA voted no
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- William Brown Read D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- Frank Morey R-LA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- Andrew King D-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted no
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted no
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted no
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted no
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted no
- William Terry D-VA voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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