To resolve into the committee of the whole, for the purpose of considering private bills, among them a bill to reimburse the college of william and mary in virg

On Feb 9, 1872, the House voted 133–42. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 55–40, Democrats 77–1, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 41 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: 133
No: 42
Did not vote: 79
Date: Feb 9, 1872

By party

Republicans55 yes · 40 no · 48 didn’t vote
Democrats77 yes · 1 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI 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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