House roll call 189 · 42nd Congress · Mar 12, 1872
To table motion to reconsider H.R. 1553. (p. 1611-2)
On Mar 12, 1872, the House voted 68–79 (HR 1553). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–65, Democrats 44–14, Others 1–1. 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
- 68
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 105
- Date
- Mar 12, 1872
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 65 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Democrats44 yes · 14 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- 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
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted no
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
- John Critcher D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-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
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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