House roll call 133 · 43rd Congress · Apr 28, 1874
To amend H.R. 2064, (18 stat. 85, 6/20/74), the legislative, executive and judicial appropriations bill, by reducing the amount of money available for postage s
On Apr 28, 1874, the House voted 130–90 (HR 2064). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 69–83, Democrats 58–6, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 75 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
- 130
- No
- 90
- Did not vote
- 84
- Date
- Apr 28, 1874
By party
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans69 yes · 83 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Democrats58 yes · 6 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL voted yes
- Charles Pelham R-AL voted yes
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted yes
- Asa Hodges R-AR voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted yes
- Franklin Corwin R-IL voted yes
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
- Granville Barrere R-IL voted yes
- John Mcnulta R-IL voted yes
- James Stewart Martin R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Clements R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted yes
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- William James O'Brien D-MD voted no
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted yes
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted yes
- William Alexander Smith R-NC voted yes
- William Bradbury Small R-NH voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted yes
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA voted yes
- William Sutton Moore R-PA voted yes
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
- William Crutchfield R-TN voted yes
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted yes
- Barbour Lewis R-TN voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- John Ambler Smith R-VA voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI voted yes
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 2064, (18 stat. 85, 6/20/74)…: House Vote, Apr 28, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-133/to-amend-h-r-2064-18-stat-85-6 (accessed 2026-10-17).