To amend H.R. 1654, by not reducing pay to government laborers, workmen and mechanics whose hours have been shortened. (p. 1511-1)

On Mar 7, 1872, the House voted 117–42 (HR 1654). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 66–27, Democrats 50–13, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 40 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: 117
No: 42
Did not vote: 95
Date: Mar 7, 1872

By party

Republicans66 yes · 27 no · 50 didn’t vote
Democrats50 yes · 13 no · 43 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
William Brown Read D-KY voted no
Boyd Winchester D-KY voted no
John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted no
John Edward Seeley R-NY voted no
Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
William Terry D-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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