To suspend rules and pass a resolution providing for the disposal of U.S. Lands only to homesteaders, with the exception of mineral lands. (p. 2272-2)

On Apr 8, 1872, the House voted 86–87. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 42–55, Democrats 43–33, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 75 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: 86
No: 87
Did not vote: 80
Date: Apr 8, 1872

By party

Republicans42 yes · 55 no · 46 didn’t vote
Democrats43 yes · 33 no · 30 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
James Millander Hanks D-AR voted no
Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
Henry Snapp R-IL voted yes
John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
John Lourie Beveridge R-IL voted yes
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
William Williams R-IN voted yes
Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
William M. Merrick D-MD voted no
Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted yes
Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted yes
Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted no
Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
John Rogers D-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
William Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted yes
Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
James Monroe R-OH voted yes
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
Robert Carlos De Large R-SC voted yes
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted no
John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted no
William Terry D-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
John James Davis D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and pass a resolution…: House Vote, Apr 8, 1872,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-239/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-a-resolution-providing-for (accessed 2026-10-16).