House roll call 197 · 42nd Congress · Mar 18, 1872
To order the main question on passage of S. 681. (p. 1780-3)
On Mar 18, 1872, the House voted 102–71 (S 681). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–62, Democrats 69–8, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 71
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- Mar 18, 1872
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 62 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Democrats69 yes · 8 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted yes
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Andrew King D-MO voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry 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
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright 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
- William Thomas Clark R-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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- 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
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-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
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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