House roll call 158 · 42nd Congress · Feb 21, 1872
That when the house adjourns today, it adjourn to meet on friday next to omit meeting on washington's birthday.
On Feb 21, 1872, the House voted 108–80. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–73, Democrats 82–6, Others 1–1. 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
- 108
- No
- 80
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Feb 21, 1872
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 73 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats82 yes · 6 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum 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
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- 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 Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Summerfield Bigby R-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
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall 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
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell 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
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-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
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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