House roll call 170 · 42nd Congress · Feb 28, 1872
To adjourn, motion made during debate of S. 565. (p. 1278-2)
On Feb 28, 1872, the House voted 59–112 (S 565). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–75, Democrats 38–36, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 56 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
- 59
- No
- 112
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Feb 28, 1872
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 75 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Democrats38 yes · 36 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer 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
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- 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
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- Dwight Townsend D-NY 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
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson 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 Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- 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
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith 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
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Gorrall Blair O-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
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-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
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- 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
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- 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
- Ellis Henry Roberts 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
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- 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
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- 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
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- 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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