House roll call 288 · 42nd Congress · May 15, 1872
To table H.R. 2209, a bill incorporating the asiatic commercial company.
On May 15, 1872, the House voted 73–55 (HR 2209). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–46, Democrats 45–9, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 73
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 126
- Date
- May 15, 1872
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 46 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Democrats45 yes · 9 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted no
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV 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
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-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
- 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
- William Williams R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- 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
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman 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 Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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