House roll call 451 · 42nd Congress · Feb 11, 1873
To reconsider engrossment and third reading of H.R. 3938. (p. 1273)
On Feb 11, 1873, the House voted 35–92 (HR 3938). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 32–43, Democrats 2–48, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 34 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
- 35
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 127
- Date
- Feb 11, 1873
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 43 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 48 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay 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
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Charles St. John R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk 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
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- 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
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-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
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter 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
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams 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
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers 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
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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