House roll call 115 · 42nd Congress · Jan 19, 1872
To amend a resolution relating to the arkansas contested election of boles versus edwards, by withdrawing the time granted therein to edwards for producing evid
On Jan 19, 1872, the House voted 129–44. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 81–16, Democrats 47–26, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 42 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
- 129
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- Jan 19, 1872
By party
- Republicans81 yes · 16 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats47 yes · 26 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ voted no
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted no
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted no
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted no
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- William Terry D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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