House roll call 301 · 42nd Congress · May 21, 1872
To concur in Senate amendment to H.R. 1070. The amendment provides $400,000 for additional mail service between new york and rio de janerio. (p. 3680-2)
On May 21, 1872, the House voted 64–112 (HR 1070). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 55–47, Democrats 9–65, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 56 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
- 64
- No
- 112
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- May 21, 1872
By party
- Republicans55 yes · 47 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 65 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- 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
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- 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
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley 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
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- 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
- 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
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur 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
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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