House roll call 14 · 43rd Congress · Dec 16, 1873
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 471, the salary bill.
On Dec 16, 1873, the House voted 113–137. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 72–98, Democrats 39–39, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 111 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
- 113
- No
- 137
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Dec 16, 1873
By party
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans72 yes · 98 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats39 yes · 39 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL voted yes
- Charles Pelham R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Alexander White R-AL voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Charles Clayton R-CA voted yes
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- William James Purman R-FL voted yes
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted yes
- Granville Barrere R-IL voted yes
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- James Stewart Martin R-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- Isaac Clements R-IL voted yes
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- John Young Brown D-KY voted no
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- George Luke Smith R-LA voted yes
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- William James O'Brien D-MD voted no
- William Julian Albert R-MD voted yes
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted yes
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted no
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Jason Niles R-MS voted yes
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted yes
- William Bradbury Small R-NH voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ voted yes
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted yes
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY voted no
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted yes
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY voted yes
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH voted no
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH voted no
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
- John Berry D-OH voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- James Soloman Biery R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
And 31 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- William James Purman R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- William Brown Read 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
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain 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
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan 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
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-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
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
Other votes
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