House roll call 479 · 42nd Congress · Feb 20, 1873
To table H.R. 2354. (p. 1544)
On Feb 20, 1873, the House voted 102–103 (HR 2354). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 92–21, Democrats 8–81, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 102
- No
- 103
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Feb 20, 1873
By party
- Republicans92 yes · 21 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 81 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- 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
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- 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
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Charles St. John R-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
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- 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
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-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
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- 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
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- 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
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner 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 Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- John Edwards O-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley 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
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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