House roll call 174 · 42nd Congress · Feb 29, 1872
To table S. 565. (p. 1306-3)
On Feb 29, 1872, the House voted 91–92 (S 565). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 42–62, Democrats 48–29, Others 1–1. 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
- 91
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Feb 29, 1872
By party
- Republicans42 yes · 62 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Democrats48 yes · 29 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 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
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT 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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore 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
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted no
- James Brooks 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
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague 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
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted no
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- 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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-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
- Boyd Winchester 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 Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-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
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- 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
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague 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
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary 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
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- 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
- 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
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield 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 Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton 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
- John Edwards O-AR
- 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
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher 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
- 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
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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