House roll call 116 · 42nd Congress · Jan 22, 1872
To refer H.R. 878, a bill relieving U.S. Vessels from import duties on materials and articles entering into their construction, repair, and use, to the committe
On Jan 22, 1872, the House voted 132–59 (HR 878). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 107–8, Democrats 23–50, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 132
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 63
- Date
- Jan 22, 1872
By party
- Republicans107 yes · 8 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 50 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- James Millander Hanks D-AR voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted yes
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- 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
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- 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
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton 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
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis 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
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-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
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- 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
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Sherwood 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 Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- 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
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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