House roll call 235 · 42nd Congress · Apr 4, 1872
To amend H.R. 2116, an act providing for safer steamships, by extending the act to include all vessels.
On Apr 4, 1872, the House voted 116–48 (HR 2116). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 84–5, Democrats 31–43, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 116
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 90
- Date
- Apr 4, 1872
By party
- Republicans84 yes · 5 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 43 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted yes
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted yes
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
- John Ritchie D-MD voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- 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
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster 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
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-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
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- 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
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster 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 Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- John James Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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