House roll call 191 · 42nd Congress · Mar 15, 1872
To amend S. 565, by providing that only rails manufactured from american iron may be used in construction of the railroad. (p. 1720-3)
On Mar 15, 1872, the House voted 52–112 (S 565). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 44–49, Democrats 8–61, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 52 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
- 52
- No
- 112
- Did not vote
- 90
- Date
- Mar 15, 1872
By party
- Republicans44 yes · 49 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 61 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-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
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted yes
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-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
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- 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
- Jasper Packard 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- 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
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-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
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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