House roll call 126 · 42nd Congress · Feb 5, 1872
To adjourn, motion made during debate on a resolution calling for postponement of the question of drawing for seats in the house chamber. (p. 834-3)
On Feb 5, 1872, the House voted 80–110. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 48–60, Democrats 30–48, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 78 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
- 80
- No
- 110
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Feb 5, 1872
By party
- Republicans48 yes · 60 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats30 yes · 48 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- 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
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted yes
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- William Terry D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- John James Davis D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- James Noble Tyner 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
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- 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
- 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
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- 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
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- 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
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- 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
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price 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
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore 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
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger 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
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-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
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- 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
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Morgan Bright 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
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-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
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks 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
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober 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
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- 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
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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