House roll call 330 · 42nd Congress · May 31, 1872
To suspend the rules, and proceed to the consideration of the business on the speaker table.
On May 31, 1872, the House voted 104–96. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–88, Democrats 79–7, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 104
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- May 31, 1872
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 88 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats79 yes · 7 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth 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
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-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
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-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
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-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
- 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
- William Terry D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey 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
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- 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
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
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