House roll call 442 · 42nd Congress · Feb 7, 1873
To reconsider engrossment and third reading of H.R. 3737, (17 stat 479, 2-28-73), a bill making appropriations for the military academy for fiscal 1873. (p. 11
On Feb 7, 1873, the House voted 36–138 (HR 3737). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–69, Democrats 5–69, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 35 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
- 36
- No
- 138
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- Feb 7, 1873
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 69 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 69 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- 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
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood 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
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- 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
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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