House roll call 47 · 42nd Congress · Mar 22, 1871
That when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet on friday next.
On Mar 22, 1871, the House voted 41–141. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–84, Democrats 27–55, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 41 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
- 41
- No
- 141
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- Mar 22, 1871
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 84 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 55 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 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
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Andrew King D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- 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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- 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
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton 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
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. 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
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- 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
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-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
- John James Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers 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 Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- 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
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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