House roll call 91 · 42nd Congress · Dec 6, 1871
To table motion to reconsider the resolution providing for drawing for seats in the house chamber. (p. 31-1)
On Dec 6, 1871, the House voted 103–101. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 67–46, Democrats 36–53, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 82 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
- 103
- No
- 101
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Dec 6, 1871
By party
- Republicans67 yes · 46 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats36 yes · 53 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted no
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted yes
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted yes
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted no
- William Terry D-VA voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted no
And 2 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer 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
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-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
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
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