House roll call 506 · 42nd Congress · Feb 28, 1873
To amend H.R. 2991, by appropriating $1,200,000 for the salaries of the President, his cabinet members and the members of Congress, and for the expenses incurre
On Feb 28, 1873, the House voted 69–121 (HR 2991). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 39–76, Democrats 32–48, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 71 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
- 69
- No
- 121
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Feb 28, 1873
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 76 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 48 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- James Millander Hanks D-AR voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted yes
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Charles St. John R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- John Critcher D-VA voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce 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
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-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
- Edward Isaac Golladay 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
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-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
- 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
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner 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
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-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
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Francis Edwin Shober 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
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Eli Perry D-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
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk 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
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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