To amend H.R. 1060, by limiting the expenditures on the public grounds surrounding the capital to $400,000. (p. 2398-3)

On Apr 12, 1872, the House voted 87–86 (HR 1060). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 59–46, Democrats 29–40, Others 0–1. 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: 87
No: 86
Did not vote: 79
Date: Apr 12, 1872

By party

Republicans59 yes · 46 no · 38 didn’t vote
Democrats29 yes · 40 no · 37 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Henry Snapp R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ voted yes
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
James Brooks D-NY voted yes
Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted yes
John Rogers D-NY voted yes
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
John Michael Carroll D-NY voted yes
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
Milo Goodrich R-NY voted no
Seth Wakeman R-NY voted no
William Williams D-NY voted yes
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted yes
Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
William Mcclelland D-PA voted yes
John Hancock D-TX voted yes
John Critcher D-VA voted yes
Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted yes
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
James Clark Mcgrew R-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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