House roll call 290 · 42nd Congress · May 16, 1872
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 2772, a bill to extend the time for the completion of the atchison lopeka and santa fe railroad and secure lands t
On May 16, 1872, the House voted 66–57 (HR 2772). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–50, Democrats 47–7, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 66
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 131
- Date
- May 16, 1872
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 50 no · 76 didn’t vote
- Democrats47 yes · 7 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
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton 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
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer 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
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- 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
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens 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
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- John Beatty R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland 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
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Pierce Frye 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
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-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
- John Hancock D-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- 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
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-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
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt 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
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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