House roll call 287 · 42nd Congress · May 15, 1872
To concur in Senate amendment to H.R. 1323, a diplomatic appropriations bill. The amendment eliminates appropriations for diplomats accredited to guatemala, co
On May 15, 1872, the House voted 86–92 (HR 1323). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 81–26, Democrats 5–64, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 86
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- May 15, 1872
By party
- Republicans81 yes · 26 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 64 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- John Summerfield Bigby 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
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann 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
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles St. John R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To concur in Senate amendment to H.R. 1323…: House Vote, May 15, 1872,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-287/to-concur-in-senate-amendment-to-h-r-1323 (accessed 2026-10-17).