House roll call 496 · 42nd Congress · Feb 27, 1873
To pass a resolution condemning the conduct of MR. Ames in inducing members of Congress to invest in stock of the credit mobilier co. (p. 1833)
On Feb 27, 1873, the House voted 182–36. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 91–24, Democrats 90–12, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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
- 182
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 27, 1873
By party
- Republicans91 yes · 24 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats90 yes · 12 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA voted no
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Charles St. John R-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer 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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan 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
- 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
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker 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
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- 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
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas 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
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- 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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam 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
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-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
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-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
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- 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
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- 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
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-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
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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