House roll call 138 · 42nd Congress · Feb 7, 1872
To amend H.R. 1043, by providing that no mineral lands shall be granted or selected under the provisions of this act. (p. 884-2)
On Feb 7, 1872, the House voted 42–145 (HR 1043). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–110, Democrats 40–32, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 42
- No
- 145
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Feb 7, 1872
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 110 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Democrats40 yes · 32 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted no
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- John Critcher D-VA voted no
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- John Ritchie D-MD
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-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 Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-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
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey 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
- Henry Donnel Foster 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
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- 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
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-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
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
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