House roll call 220 · 42nd Congress · Mar 27, 1872
To table a motion to reconsider the vote by which the house rejected a motion to resolve itself into committee of the whole for consideration of H.R. 1541, a bi
On Mar 27, 1872, the House voted 105–51 (HR 2057). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 70–13, Democrats 34–37, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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
- 105
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Mar 27, 1872
By party
- Republicans70 yes · 13 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 37 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- James Millander Hanks D-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- 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
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- 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 Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley 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
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke 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
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- 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
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Hosea Washington Parker 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
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- 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
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-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
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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