House roll call 112 · 42nd Congress · Jan 16, 1872
To amend H.R. 1056, a bill determining the north western boundary between the U.S. And canada, by reducing the appropriation therein from $100,000 to $50,000.
On Jan 16, 1872, the House voted 97–89 (HR 1056). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–74, Democrats 64–14, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 members voted against their own party.
During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 97
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Jan 16, 1872
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 74 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats64 yes · 14 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Hill R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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