House roll call 381 · 42nd Congress · Dec 16, 1872
To suspend the rules and pass a resolution requesting information from the President regarding interference by the executive of the U.S. With armed authority in
On Dec 16, 1872, the House voted 79–99. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–98, Democrats 75–0, Others 1–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 99
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Dec 16, 1872
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 98 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Democrats75 yes · 0 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- 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
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- 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
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer 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
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- 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
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler 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
- 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
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-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
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- 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
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- 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
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
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