House roll call 440 · 42nd Congress · Feb 6, 1873
To amend H.R. 3498, (17 stat 556, 3-3-73), a post office appropriations bill, by increasing the number of mail carriers, and appropriating the funds for their s
On Feb 6, 1873, the House voted 97–77 (HR 3498). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 80–22, Democrats 17–55, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 97
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Feb 6, 1873
By party
- Republicans80 yes · 22 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 55 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Charles St. John R-NY voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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