House roll call 157 · 42nd Congress · Feb 19, 1872
To adjourn. (p. 1124-3)
On Feb 19, 1872, the House voted 86–74. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 79–18, Democrats 6–54, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 86
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- Feb 19, 1872
By party
- Republicans79 yes · 18 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 54 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson 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
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-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
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk 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
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Andrew King D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.