House roll call 269 · 42nd Congress · May 1, 1872
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 144, a bill setting aside certain proceeds from internal revenue for the erection of capital buildings in arizona,
On May 1, 1872, the House voted 46–50 (HR 144). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 33–28, Democrats 13–21, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 46
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 158
- Date
- May 1, 1872
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 28 no · 82 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 21 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- 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 yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- 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
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- 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
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
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