House roll call 103 · 43rd Congress · Apr 6, 1874
To suspend the rules and consider H.R. 1584, a bill preventing the importation of contagious or infectious diseases.
On Apr 6, 1874, the House voted 126–78 (HR 1584). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 91–44, Democrats 34–33, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 77 members voted against their own party.
During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 126
- No
- 78
- Did not vote
- 100
- Date
- Apr 6, 1874
By party
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans91 yes · 44 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 33 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
- Philip Cook D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Franklin Corwin R-IL voted no
- William Henry Ray R-IL voted no
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
- John Mcnulta R-IL voted no
- James Stewart Martin R-IL voted no
- Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- Charles William Milliken D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- John Duncan Young D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- William James O'Brien D-MD voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC voted no
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted no
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY voted no
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted no
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
- Lyman Tremain R-NY voted no
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted no
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH voted no
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
- John Berry D-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA voted no
- Charles Albright R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT voted no
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Willard R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Philip Cook D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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