House roll call 424 · 43rd Congress · Feb 24, 1875
To excuse MR. Ward for non-attendance.
On Feb 24, 1875, the House voted 147–7. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 92–7, Democrats 51–0, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 7 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
- 147
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 150
- Date
- Feb 24, 1875
By party
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans92 yes · 7 no · 105 didn’t vote
- Democrats51 yes · 0 no · 43 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL voted no
- Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted no
- William Bradbury Small R-NH voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Philip Cook D-GA
- 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
- James Wilson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack 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
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Willard R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-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
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Wilber 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
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- 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
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- 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
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-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
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-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
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin 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
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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