To adhere to an amendment to the S. 565, providing that land granted to the railroad but not needed in the construction of the railroad be returned to the publi

On Apr 16, 1872, the House voted 110–54 (S 565). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 57–43, Democrats 59–15, Others 1–0. 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: 110
No: 54
Did not vote: 79
Date: Apr 16, 1872

By party

Republicans57 yes · 43 no · 43 didn’t vote
Democrats59 yes · 15 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Henry Snapp R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
John Lourie Beveridge R-IL voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Eli Perry D-NY voted no
William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
Milo Goodrich R-NY voted no
William Williams D-NY voted no
James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Robert Carlos De Large R-SC voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
John Hancock D-TX voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted no
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV 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 adhere to an amendment to the S. 565…: House Vote, Apr 16, 1872,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-250/to-adhere-to-an-amendment-to-the-s-565 (accessed 2026-10-17).