House roll call 45 · 42nd Congress · Mar 20, 1871
To pass a resolution regarding final adjournment.
On Mar 20, 1871, the House voted 121–55. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 39–54, Democrats 81–0, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 121
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Mar 20, 1871
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 54 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Democrats81 yes · 0 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-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
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- 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
- John Hill R-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
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts 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
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler 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
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- 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
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke 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
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- 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
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- 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
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- 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
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-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
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- 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
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- 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
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-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
- 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.
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