To resolve into the committee of the whole for consideration of H.R. 1654, a deficiency appropriations bill.

On Mar 1, 1872, the House voted 99–76 (HR 1654). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 88–17, Democrats 9–59, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 99
No: 76
Did not vote: 78
Date: Mar 1, 1872

By party

Republicans88 yes · 17 no · 38 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 59 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted yes
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Alvah Crocker R-MA voted no
Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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