House roll call 240 · 42nd Congress · Apr 8, 1872
To suspend the rules so as to enable the committee on public lands to report on wednesday next at 2 p.m., a bill to extend the time for the completion of the at
On Apr 8, 1872, the House voted 83–62. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 68–18, Democrats 15–43, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 83
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 109
- Date
- Apr 8, 1872
By party
- Republicans68 yes · 18 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 43 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- 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
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- John Hill R-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
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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