House roll call 82 · 42nd Congress · Apr 18, 1871
To table S. 242, (17 stat 19, 4-20-71), a bill enabling the atlantic and pacific railroad to mortage its road.
On Apr 18, 1871, the House voted 63–104 (S 242). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–83, Democrats 51–19, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 63
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 87
- Date
- Apr 18, 1871
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 83 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Democrats51 yes · 19 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Andrew King D-MO voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- John Critcher D-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- John James Davis D-WV voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster 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
- 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
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- John Edwards O-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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill 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
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur 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
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-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
- 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
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- 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
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table S. 242, (17 stat 19, 4-20-71), a…: House Vote, Apr 18, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-82/to-table-s-242-17-stat-19-4-20 (accessed 2026-10-16).