House roll call 282 · 42nd Congress · May 11, 1872
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 2322. (p. 3348-3)
On May 11, 1872, the House voted 43–115 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–92, Democrats 38–22, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 43
- No
- 115
- Did not vote
- 96
- Date
- May 11, 1872
By party
- Republicans5 yes · 92 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats38 yes · 22 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- William Mcclelland D-PA 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
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson 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
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler 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
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-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
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard 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 Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent 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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey 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
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers 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
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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