House roll call 280 · 42nd Congress · May 10, 1872
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 2322. (p. 3313-3)
On May 10, 1872, the House voted 82–90 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 36–60, Democrats 46–28, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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
- 82
- No
- 90
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- May 10, 1872
By party
- Republicans36 yes · 60 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 28 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Charles St. John R-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted no
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
- John Critcher D-VA voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted no
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted no
- William Terry D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-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
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale 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
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- 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
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
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