To amend H.R. 1060, by reducing the appropriation to be used by the President for the purpose of perfecting the civil service from $50,000 to $10,000. (p. 2398

On Apr 12, 1872, the House voted 115–59 (HR 1060). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 66–46, Democrats 49–12, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 58 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: 115
No: 59
Did not vote: 80
Date: Apr 12, 1872

By party

Republicans66 yes · 46 no · 31 didn’t vote
Democrats49 yes · 12 no · 45 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Andrew King D-MO voted no
George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
Seth Wakeman R-NY voted no
Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
William Thomas Clark R-TX voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 1060, by reducing the…: House Vote, Apr 12, 1872,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-246/to-amend-h-r-1060-by-reducing-the-appropriation (accessed 2026-10-17).