House roll call 289 · 42nd Congress · May 16, 1872
To amend a resolution regarding final adjournment, by setting june 3rd at noon as the time for adjournment. (p. 3524-1)
On May 16, 1872, the House voted 142–57. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 54–56, Democrats 85–1, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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
- 142
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- May 16, 1872
By party
- Republicans54 yes · 56 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats85 yes · 1 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted yes
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted yes
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp 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
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober 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
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings 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
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- 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
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty 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
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- 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
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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