House roll call 129 · 43rd Congress · Apr 17, 1874
To resolve into committee of whole for consideration of a bill relation to maladministration.
On Apr 17, 1874, the House voted 74–122. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 41–97, Democrats 32–24, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 65 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
- 74
- No
- 122
- Did not vote
- 108
- Date
- Apr 17, 1874
By party
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans41 yes · 97 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 24 no · 38 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Pelham R-AL voted yes
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted yes
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- James Rush Lofland R-DE voted yes
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted yes
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- George Luke Smith R-LA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- William James O'Brien D-MD voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH voted no
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted yes
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted yes
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted yes
- Charles Albright R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted yes
- William Crutchfield R-TN voted yes
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- Barbour Lewis R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- James Beverley Sener R-VA voted yes
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA voted no
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh 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
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
Other votes
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