House roll call 132 · 42nd Congress · Feb 7, 1872
To amend H.R. 1043, by making the first ten years of the distribution of this fund among the states and territories inclucing the district of columbia, accordin
On Feb 7, 1872, the House voted 125–83 (HR 1043). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–71, Democrats 79–10, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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
- 125
- No
- 83
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Feb 7, 1872
By party
- Republicans44 yes · 71 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats79 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- 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
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-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
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- 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
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-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
- William Terry D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton 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
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-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
- 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- 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 Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
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