To nonconcur in and to amend Senate amendments to H.R. 1654, a deficiency appropriations bill, by providing that owners of cotton seized by the government after

On May 7, 1872, the House voted 85–103 (HR 1654). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 83–27, Democrats 1–76, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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: 85
No: 103
Did not vote: 64
Date: May 7, 1872

By party

Republicans83 yes · 27 no · 33 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 76 no · 29 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
Frank Morey R-LA voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted no
William Thomas Clark R-TX 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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