House roll call 229 · 42nd Congress · Mar 28, 1872
To amend an adjournment motion made during debate on H.R. 2057, by proposing monday as the next day of meeting. (p. 2049-3)
On Mar 28, 1872, the House voted 94–86 (HR 2057). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 38–61, Democrats 56–24, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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
- 94
- No
- 86
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Mar 28, 1872
By party
- Republicans38 yes · 61 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats56 yes · 24 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted no
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted no
- William Terry D-VA voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- 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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-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
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton 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
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-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
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson 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 Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden 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 Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
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