House roll call 155 · 43rd Congress · May 18, 1874
To suspend rules and pass H.J. RES. 103, (18 stat. 287, 5/28/74), resolution authorizing the pres. To issue army rations and clothing to the destitute people of
On May 18, 1874, the House voted 141–68 (HJR 103). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 111–36, Democrats 28–32, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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
- 141
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 95
- Date
- May 18, 1874
By party
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans111 yes · 36 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 32 no · 34 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
- John Blake Rice R-IL voted no
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- William James O'Brien D-MD voted yes
- William Julian Albert R-MD voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted no
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted yes
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
- John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- John Alexander Magee D-PA voted yes
- Lemuel Todd R-PA voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT voted no
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
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
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss 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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells 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
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons 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
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier 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
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- 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
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Alexander White R-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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