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

On May 3, 1872, the House voted 87–77 (HR 1060). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 84–20, Democrats 4–56, 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: 87
No: 77
Did not vote: 88
Date: May 3, 1872

By party

Republicans84 yes · 20 no · 39 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 56 no · 46 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
Alvah Crocker R-MA voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted yes
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA 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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