House roll call 291 · 42nd Congress · May 17, 1872
To adjourn. (p. 3571-3)
On May 17, 1872, the House voted 91–77. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–63, Democrats 64–16, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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
- 91
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- May 17, 1872
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 63 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Democrats64 yes · 16 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- John Critcher D-VA voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore 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
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-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
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker 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
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke 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
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron 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
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks 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
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke 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
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- 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
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.