To suspend the rules and submit a resolution providing for the reading of a petition for woman suffrage. (p. 973-2)

On Feb 12, 1872, the House voted 87–96. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 62–46, Democrats 25–48, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 71 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: 87
No: 96
Did not vote: 71
Date: Feb 12, 1872

By party

Republicans62 yes · 46 no · 35 didn’t vote
Democrats25 yes · 48 no · 33 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted yes
William Williams R-IN voted no
William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
Thomas Kinsella D-NY voted yes
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
James Brooks D-NY voted yes
Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
John Michael Carroll D-NY voted yes
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted yes
John Franklin Mckinney D-OH voted yes
Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
William Mcclelland D-PA voted yes
Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted yes
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
James Clark Mcgrew R-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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