House roll call 374 · 42nd Congress · Dec 12, 1872
To recommit H.R. 1665, a bill providing homesteads for veteran soldiers, to the committee on military affairs. (p. 165)
On Dec 12, 1872, the House voted 68–98 (HR 1665). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 36–62, Democrats 30–35, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 66 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
- 68
- No
- 98
- Did not vote
- 88
- Date
- Dec 12, 1872
By party
- Republicans36 yes · 62 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats30 yes · 35 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- James Millander Hanks D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted yes
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA voted yes
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- William Terry D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
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
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- 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
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens 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
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler 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
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey 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
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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