To recede in its amendment to H.R. 1070. The amendment calls for $400,000 for mail service between new york and rio de janerio.

On May 27, 1872, the House voted 79–113 (HR 1070). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 68–48, Democrats 16–70, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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: 79
No: 113
Did not vote: 50
Date: May 27, 1872

By party

Republicans68 yes · 48 no · 27 didn’t vote
Democrats16 yes · 70 no · 20 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

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
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
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
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted yes
James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
Dwight Townsend D-NY voted yes
Thomas Kinsella D-NY voted yes
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
James Brooks D-NY voted yes
Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted yes
John Rogers D-NY voted yes
Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Milo Goodrich 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
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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