To refer S. 565 to committee on public lands. (p. 1302-182)

On Feb 29, 1872, the House voted 101–78 (S 565). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 48–56, Democrats 52–21, Others 1–1. 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: 101
No: 78
Did not vote: 75
Date: Feb 29, 1872

By party

Republicans48 yes · 56 no · 39 didn’t vote
Democrats52 yes · 21 no · 33 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
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
Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
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
David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted yes
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 Henry Lamport 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 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
Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
John Hancock D-TX 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

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To refer S. 565 to committee on public…: House Vote, Feb 29, 1872,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-176/to-refer-s-565-to-committee-on-public-lands (accessed 2026-10-17).