House roll call 122 · 42nd Congress · Feb 5, 1872
To table a resolution adding a new rule to the house rules, which states that only one seat drawing will be allowed during any one Congress. (p. 831-3)
On Feb 5, 1872, the House voted 95–104. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 60–54, Democrats 34–48, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 88 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
- 95
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- Feb 5, 1872
By party
- Republicans60 yes · 54 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 48 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted no
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted yes
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- Frank Morey R-LA voted no
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
And 8 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames 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
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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