To table a motion to reconsider a resolution calling for a new drawing for seats in the house cahmber.

On Feb 6, 1872, the House voted 117–75. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 61–49, Democrats 55–25, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 74 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: 117
No: 75
Did not vote: 62
Date: Feb 6, 1872

By party

Republicans61 yes · 49 no · 33 didn’t vote
Democrats55 yes · 25 no · 26 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
William Brown Read D-KY voted no
John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
Frank Morey R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
John Ritchie D-MD voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ voted no
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
James Brooks D-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Eli Perry D-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Seth Wakeman R-NY voted no
Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted no
Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted no
John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
William Terry D-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
John James Davis D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table a motion to reconsider a resolution…: House Vote, Feb 6, 1872,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-130/to-table-a-motion-to-reconsider-a-resolution-calling (accessed 2026-10-15).