House roll call 306 · 42nd Congress · May 24, 1872
To dispense with furher proceedings under the call of the house, motion made during debate on S. 569, a bill for the relief of t.b. Wallace, owing to the destru
On May 24, 1872, the House voted 41–66 (S 569). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 35–22, Democrats 6–44, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 41
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 146
- Date
- May 24, 1872
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 22 no · 86 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 44 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted no
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- 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
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill 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
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon 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
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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