House roll call 160 · 42nd Congress · Feb 23, 1872
That when the house adjourns today, it adjourn to meet on monday next. (p. 1189-3)
On Feb 23, 1872, the House voted 92–78. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–67, Democrats 62–10, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 92
- No
- 78
- Did not vote
- 84
- Date
- Feb 23, 1872
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 67 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Democrats62 yes · 10 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted no
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- John Critcher D-VA voted no
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- 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
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- 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
- 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
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-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
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Charles St. John R-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
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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