House roll call 150 · 42nd Congress · Feb 14, 1872
To table H.R. 1543, a bill for the erection of a public building in quincy, ill.
On Feb 14, 1872, the House voted 80–104 (HR 1543). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 34–68, Democrats 44–35, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 69 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
- 80
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- Feb 14, 1872
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 68 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats44 yes · 35 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- Andrew King D-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted no
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted no
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- John James Davis D-WV voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-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
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- 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
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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