House roll call 375 · 42nd Congress · Dec 12, 1872
To amend H.R. 1665, by providing that the land cannot be disposed of until full title is held by the veteran. (p. 167)
On Dec 12, 1872, the House voted 107–61 (HR 1665). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–57, Democrats 65–4, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- 107
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 85
- Date
- Dec 12, 1872
By party
- Republicans40 yes · 57 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats65 yes · 4 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- 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
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Ritchie 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
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- 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
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Beatty R-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
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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