House roll call 178 · 42nd Congress · Mar 4, 1872
To amend a motion to refer H.R. 1790, a bill to reorganize the clerical force of the general land office, by referring it to the select committee on reorganizat
On Mar 4, 1872, the House voted 82–85 (HR 1790). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–70, Democrats 57–14, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 82
- No
- 85
- Did not vote
- 87
- Date
- Mar 4, 1872
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 70 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Democrats57 yes · 14 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
- John Critcher D-VA voted no
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- 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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Beatty 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
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-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
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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