House roll call 249 · 42nd Congress · Apr 16, 1872
To recede from an amendment to S. 565, a bill to extend the time to the state of wisconsin to complete the railroad from lake ST. George to lake superior. The
On Apr 16, 1872, the House voted 56–116 (S 565). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 50–63, Democrats 18–64, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 68 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
- 56
- No
- 116
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Apr 16, 1872
By party
- Republicans50 yes · 63 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 64 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- 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
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-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
- John Lourie Beveridge R-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
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- 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
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-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
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-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
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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