House roll call 263 · 42nd Congress · Apr 24, 1872
To pass H.R. 1553.
On Apr 24, 1872, the House voted 100–87 (HR 1553). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 88–29, Democrats 18–63, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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
- 87
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Apr 24, 1872
By party
- Republicans88 yes · 29 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 63 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 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
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
- 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
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC 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
- John Armstrong Smith 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
- 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN 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
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- 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
- Henry Waldron 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
- 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
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle 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
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-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
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read 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
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- 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
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty 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
- 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- 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
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Freeman Clarke 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
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.