House roll call 447 · 43rd Congress · Feb 27, 1875
To amend H.R. 4745, by striking out the thirteenth section.
On Feb 27, 1875, the House voted 121–130 (HR 4745). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 39–129, Democrats 81–2, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 121
- No
- 130
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Feb 27, 1875
By party
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 129 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats81 yes · 2 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- William Julian Albert R-MD voted yes
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- George Willard R-MI voted yes
- William Brewster Williams R-MI voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- William Alexander Smith R-NC voted yes
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted yes
- William Bradbury Small R-NH voted yes
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted yes
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- John Quincy Smith R-OH voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted yes
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted yes
- William Crutchfield R-TN voted yes
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted yes
- James Beverley Sener R-VA voted yes
- John Ambler Smith R-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg 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
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Addison Phillips 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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes 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
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Willard R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- 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
- 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
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-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
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris 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
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith 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
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson 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
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William James Purman R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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