House roll call 462 · 42nd Congress · Feb 15, 1873
To pass H.R. 3139. (p. 1401)
On Feb 15, 1873, the House voted 122–57 (HR 3139). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 89–9, Democrats 33–48, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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
- 122
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- Feb 15, 1873
By party
- Republicans89 yes · 9 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 48 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames 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
- Samuel Hambleton 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
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb 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
- John Hill 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 Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-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
- 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
- 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
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- 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
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-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
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison 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
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Morgan Bright 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
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John James Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden 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
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober 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
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-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
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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