House roll call 293 · 42nd Congress · May 20, 1872
That when the house adjourn today, it be to meet on wednesday next, thereby omitting tuesday's session, motion made during debate on H.R. 1647, the supplementar
On May 20, 1872, the House voted 28–172 (HR 1647). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–114, Democrats 28–58, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 28
- No
- 172
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- May 20, 1872
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 114 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 58 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted yes
- James Millander Hanks D-AR voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted yes
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted yes
- William Terry D-VA voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- John James Davis D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-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
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-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
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-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
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-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
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-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
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- 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 Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- 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
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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