House roll call 73 · 43rd Congress · Feb 26, 1874
To amend H.R. 825, by providing for the repeal of the act abolishing "franking" and of a proviso regarding free mail attached to the post office appropriations
On Feb 26, 1874, the House voted 50–199 (HR 825). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 36–133, Democrats 13–63, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 49 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
- 50
- No
- 199
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- Feb 26, 1874
By party
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans36 yes · 133 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 63 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted yes
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- James Rush Lofland R-DE voted yes
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted yes
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted yes
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted yes
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted yes
- John Blake Rice R-IL voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- George Luke Smith R-LA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- William Julian Albert R-MD voted yes
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME voted yes
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted yes
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS voted yes
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- William Sutton Moore R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- William Crutchfield R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- James Beverley Sener R-VA voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Philip Cook D-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
- 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
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley 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
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Isaac Clements R-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
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth 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
- 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
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins 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
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt 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
- 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
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood 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
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor 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
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh 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
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-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
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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