House roll call 208 · 42nd Congress · Mar 25, 1872
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 2057. (p. 1907-2)
On Mar 25, 1872, the House voted 32–136 (HR 2057). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–90, Democrats 26–45, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 32 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
- 32
- No
- 136
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- Mar 25, 1872
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 90 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 45 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted yes
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted yes
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted yes
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted yes
- William Terry D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry 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
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell 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
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-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
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- 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
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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