House roll call 366 · 42nd Congress · Jun 8, 1872
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2984, a bill purchasing a site for a public building in pittsburgh. (p. 4452-2)
On Jun 8, 1872, the House voted 108–53 (HR 2984). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 74–19, Democrats 33–34, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 108
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 93
- Date
- Jun 8, 1872
By party
- Republicans74 yes · 19 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 34 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- John Critcher D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- 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
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- 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
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- 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
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- 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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John 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 Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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