House roll call 259 · 42nd Congress · Apr 24, 1872
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 1553. (p. 2737-1)
On Apr 24, 1872, the House voted 35–140 (HR 1553). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–100, Democrats 31–38, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 35 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
- 35
- No
- 140
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- Apr 24, 1872
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 100 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 38 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- James Millander Hanks D-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted yes
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted yes
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- William Terry D-VA voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Terry D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden 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
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer 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
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- 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
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
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