House roll call 258 · 42nd Congress · Apr 24, 1872
To order the main question on passage of H.R. 1553. (p. 2691-2)
On Apr 24, 1872, the House voted 100–80 (HR 1553). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 82–23, Democrats 19–55, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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
- 100
- No
- 80
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- Apr 24, 1872
By party
- Republicans82 yes · 23 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 55 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- 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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Henry W. Barry 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
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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