House roll call 129 · 42nd Congress · Feb 6, 1872
To table a resolution calling for a new drawing for seats in the house chamber. (p. 850-1)
On Feb 6, 1872, the House voted 90–111. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 60–55, Democrats 29–53, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 84 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
- 90
- No
- 111
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Feb 6, 1872
By party
- Republicans60 yes · 55 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 53 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard 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
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
- Frank Morey R-LA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA 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
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks 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
- Milo Goodrich 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
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler 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
- 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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted no
- William Terry D-VA voted yes
And 4 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
- 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
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper 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
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-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
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham 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
- 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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-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
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- 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
- Andrew King D-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach 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
- Eli Perry 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
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- 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
- Samuel Griffith 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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell 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
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton 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
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Lionel Allen Sheldon 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
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-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
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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