House roll call 253 · 42nd Congress · Apr 19, 1872
To order engrossment and third reading of H.R. 2333, a bill to aid in maintaining the fire department in the district of columbia.
On Apr 19, 1872, the House voted 79–56 (HR 2333). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 50–28, Democrats 29–26, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 54 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
- 79
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 119
- Date
- Apr 19, 1872
By party
- Republicans50 yes · 28 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 26 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
- James Millander Hanks D-AR voted no
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
- William Brown Read D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- Andrew King D-MO voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames 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
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- John Beatty R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent 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
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-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
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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