House roll call 276 · 42nd Congress · May 7, 1872
To amend H.R. 2322, by reducing the tariff on wool, iron and rubber by 10%. (p. 3128-1)
On May 7, 1872, the House voted 111–77 (HR 2322). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 47–68, Democrats 69–13, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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
- 111
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- May 7, 1872
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 68 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats69 yes · 13 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer 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
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL voted yes
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-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
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks 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
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-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
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-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
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella 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
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
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