House roll call 143 · 42nd Congress · Feb 8, 1872
To pass H.R. 1043.
On Feb 8, 1872, the House voted 117–99 (HR 1043). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 102–20, Democrats 13–79, Others 2–0. 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
- 117
- No
- 99
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 8, 1872
By party
- Republicans102 yes · 20 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 79 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- 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
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-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
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron 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 Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter 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
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis 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
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-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
- John Morgan Bright D-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
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- 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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.