House roll call 232 · 42nd Congress · Apr 1, 1872
To suspend rules and pass H.R. 2187, a bill confirming the action of the board of aldermen and common council of washington, designating a depot site for the ba
On Apr 1, 1872, the House voted 116–56 (HR 2187). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 98–18, Democrats 33–50, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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
- 116
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Apr 1, 1872
By party
- Republicans98 yes · 18 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 50 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- James Millander Hanks D-AR voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach 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
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- 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
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-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
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- 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
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley 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
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-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
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer 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
- 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- 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
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- John Maxwell Coghlan 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
- 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
- John Coburn R-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
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-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
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
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