House roll call 252 · 42nd Congress · Apr 19, 1872
To recommit H.R. 787, a bill providing for the independence of the several departments of the government, without instructions.
On Apr 19, 1872, the House voted 97–79 (HR 787). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 75–35, Democrats 22–44, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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
- 97
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Apr 19, 1872
By party
- Republicans75 yes · 35 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 44 no · 40 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
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted no
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
- James Monroe 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
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- John Critcher D-VA voted yes
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted yes
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted yes
- William Terry D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT 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
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck 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
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- 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
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- 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
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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