House roll call 173 · 42nd Congress · Feb 29, 1872
To reconsider the vote by which the main question on engrossment of S. 565, was ordered. (p. 1302-1)
On Feb 29, 1872, the House voted 102–81 (S 565). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–61, Democrats 56–20, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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
- 102
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Feb 29, 1872
By party
- Republicans44 yes · 61 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats56 yes · 20 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay 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
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Oakes Ames 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
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam 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
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
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