House roll call 273 · 42nd Congress · May 6, 1872
To suspend the rules and introduce H.R. 2, a bill making an appropriation for a public government building to be used for a customs-house, post offices, and bon
On May 6, 1872, the House voted 98–73 (HR 2). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 84–15, Democrats 13–58, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 98
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- May 6, 1872
By party
- Republicans84 yes · 15 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 58 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted no
- 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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted yes
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss 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
- 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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry 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
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-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
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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