House roll call 513 · 42nd Congress · Mar 3, 1873
To reconsider ordering of main question on agreeing to conference report on H.R. 3921. (p. 2092)
On Mar 3, 1873, the House voted 67–129 (HR 3921). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 28–85, Democrats 38–42, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 66 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
- 67
- No
- 129
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Mar 3, 1873
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 85 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats38 yes · 42 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted yes
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Charles St. John R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
- John Critcher D-VA voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- William Terry D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
- John James Davis D-WV voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson 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
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- 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
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley 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
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker 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
- William Lewis Stoughton 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
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-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
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith 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
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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