House roll call 281 · 42nd Congress · May 11, 1872
To amend H.R. 2322, (17 stat 566, 3-3-73), a bill to revise the present invalid pension laws, by providing that widows shall not lose their pensions on remarryi
On May 11, 1872, the House voted 67–92 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 34–60, Democrats 32–31, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 65 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
- 67
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 95
- Date
- May 11, 1872
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 60 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 31 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted yes
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Charles St. John R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- John Critcher D-VA voted no
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted no
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton 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
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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