House roll call 461 · 42nd Congress · Feb 15, 1873
To amend H.R. 3139, by providing for a bill which will outline procedure for the disposal of claims for damage. (p. 1400)
On Feb 15, 1873, the House voted 63–125 (HR 3139). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–87, Democrats 47–36, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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
- 63
- No
- 125
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Feb 15, 1873
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 87 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats47 yes · 36 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
- William Brown Read D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- John Ritchie D-MD voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted no
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- John Critcher D-VA voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-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
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith 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
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth 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
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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