House roll call 151 · 42nd Congress · Feb 15, 1872
To order the previous question on H.R. 1543, a bill for the erection of a public building at quincy, ill.
On Feb 15, 1872, the House voted 104–63 (HR 1543). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 73–23, Democrats 29–40, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 104
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 87
- Date
- Feb 15, 1872
By party
- Republicans73 yes · 23 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 40 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-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
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- 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
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- 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
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell 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
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-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
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- 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
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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