To pass a resolution regarding final adjournment. (p. 2823-3,2819-2)

On Apr 26, 1872, the House voted 80–110. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 55–53, Democrats 23–56, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 76 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: 80
No: 110
Did not vote: 64
Date: Apr 26, 1872

By party

Republicans55 yes · 53 no · 35 didn’t vote
Democrats23 yes · 56 no · 27 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA 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
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted yes
Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ voted yes
Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted yes
Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted yes
John Rogers D-NY voted yes
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
Henry Sherwood D-PA voted yes
Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
John Morgan Bright D-TN voted yes
William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
John Hancock D-TX voted yes
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
John James Davis D-WV voted yes

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 pass a resolution regarding final…: House Vote, Apr 26, 1872,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-266/to-pass-a-resolution-regarding-final-adjournment-p-2823 (accessed 2026-10-17).