House roll call 81 · 42nd Congress · Apr 18, 1871
To pass S. 178, (17 stat 643, 4-20-71), a bill for the claim of nicholas p. Trist.
On Apr 18, 1871, the House voted 80–69 (S 178). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 50–29, Democrats 29–38, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 58 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
- 80
- No
- 69
- Did not vote
- 105
- Date
- Apr 18, 1871
By party
- Republicans50 yes · 29 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 38 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- James Millander Hanks D-AR voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted yes
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- John Critcher D-VA voted yes
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted yes
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-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 Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- 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
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- William Brown Read D-KY
- 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
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard 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
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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