House roll call 44 · 42nd Congress · Mar 20, 1871
To adjourn.
On Mar 20, 1871, the House voted 59–116. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 56–36, Democrats 2–78, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 59
- No
- 116
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- Mar 20, 1871
By party
- Republicans56 yes · 36 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 78 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted no
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted no
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn 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
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice 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
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur 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
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- 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 Critcher D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-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
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.