House roll call 495 · 42nd Congress · Feb 27, 1873
To amend a resolution calling for investigation of bribery of house members by ames and brooks, by condemming them and discharging the house from further consid
On Feb 27, 1873, the House voted 115–110. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 76–46, Democrats 37–63, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 83 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
- 115
- No
- 110
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 27, 1873
By party
- Republicans76 yes · 46 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats37 yes · 63 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted yes
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted no
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
And 3 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck 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
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-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
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-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
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter 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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-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
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Andrew King D-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- James Brooks D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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