House roll call 211 · 42nd Congress · Mar 26, 1872
To adopt conference report on S. 792, a bill to amend an act for the removal of causes in certain cases from state courts. (p. 1982-1)
On Mar 26, 1872, the House voted 117–68 (S 792). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 98–3, Democrats 17–65, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 117
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Mar 26, 1872
By party
- Republicans98 yes · 3 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 65 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-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
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames 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
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- 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
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport 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
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- 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
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- 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
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-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
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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