House roll call 463 · 43rd Congress · Mar 2, 1875
To amend H.R. 4529, by providing for free mailing privileges for the department of agriculture.
On Mar 2, 1875, the House voted 133–94 (HR 4529). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 73–76, Democrats 57–17, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 90 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
- 133
- No
- 94
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Mar 2, 1875
By party
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans73 yes · 76 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Democrats57 yes · 17 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Alexander White R-AL voted yes
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted yes
- Asa Hodges R-AR voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- James Rush Lofland R-DE voted yes
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted yes
- Andrew Sloan R-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- John Mcnulta R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- James Stewart Martin R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Clements R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- William Julian Albert R-MD voted yes
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted no
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted yes
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- William Alexander Smith R-NC voted yes
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted no
- John Berry D-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- 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
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Lemuel Todd R-PA voted yes
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC voted yes
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- William Crutchfield R-TN voted yes
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- Barbour Lewis R-TN voted yes
And 10 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe 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
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- 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
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- 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
- 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
- David Alexander Nunn R-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 Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
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 Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- George Willard R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins 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
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-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
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis 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
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- William James Purman R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
Other votes
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