House roll call 169 · 42nd Congress · Feb 28, 1872
To table S. 565. (p. 1278-1)
On Feb 28, 1872, the House voted 80–94 (S 565). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 37–63, Democrats 41–31, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 68 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
- 94
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- Feb 28, 1872
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 63 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats41 yes · 31 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe 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 Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- 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
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted no
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted no
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted no
- William Terry D-VA voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler 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
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton 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
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- James Scott Negley 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
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-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
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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