To agree to conference report on H.R. 1060.

On Apr 29, 1872, the House voted 80–81 (HR 1060). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 76–20, Democrats 4–59, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 80
No: 81
Did not vote: 93
Date: Apr 29, 1872

By party

Republicans76 yes · 20 no · 47 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 59 no · 43 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted yes
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
John Lourie Beveridge R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to conference report on H.R. 1060.: House Vote, Apr 29, 1872,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-267/to-agree-to-conference-report-on-h-r-1060 (accessed 2026-10-17).