House roll call 176 · 42nd Congress · Feb 29, 1872
To refer S. 565 to committee on public lands. (p. 1302-182)
On Feb 29, 1872, the House voted 101–78 (S 565). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 48–56, Democrats 52–21, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 69 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
- 101
- No
- 78
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Feb 29, 1872
By party
- Republicans48 yes · 56 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Democrats52 yes · 21 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- 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
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young 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
- 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
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- 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 Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith 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
- 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 Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey 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
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
- John Hancock D-TX 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
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall 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
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum 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
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-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
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer 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
- 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
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- 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
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall 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
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Erastus Wells 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
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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