House roll call 260 · 42nd Congress · Apr 24, 1872
To amend H.R. 1553, by providing that $500,000 be paid annually by the railroad for the use of one-half of goat island, in san francisco bay. (p. 2737-2)
On Apr 24, 1872, the House voted 84–94 (HR 1553). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–81, Democrats 58–12, Others 2–1. 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
- 84
- No
- 94
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Apr 24, 1872
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 81 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats58 yes · 12 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted no
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-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
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-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
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper 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
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-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
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren 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
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-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
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-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
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick 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
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- 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
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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