House roll call 22 · 43rd Congress · Dec 17, 1873
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of H.R. 793.
On Dec 17, 1873, the House voted 158–105 (HR 793). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 115–65, Democrats 44–38, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 103 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
- 158
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Dec 17, 1873
By party
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans115 yes · 65 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats44 yes · 38 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL voted no
- John King Luttrell D-CA voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA voted no
- James Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- Franklin Corwin R-IL voted no
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- James Stewart Martin R-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- John Young Brown D-KY voted no
- William Brown Read D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- John Duncan Young D-KY voted no
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- George Willard R-MI voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted no
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted no
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
- Jason Niles R-MS voted no
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
- William Bradbury Small R-NH voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- David Wilber R-NY voted no
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted no
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted no
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH voted no
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted no
- John Berry D-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
And 23 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin 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
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Pinkney Mclean 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
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- 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
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- 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
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Young Brown D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Willard R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- 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
- Eli Perry D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel 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
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
Other votes
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