House roll call 299 · 42nd Congress · May 21, 1872
To amend H.R. 1070, a post office appropriations bill, by adding a $500,000 annual compensation for establishing a pacific ocean mail route. (p. 3679-2)
On May 21, 1872, the House voted 88–109 (HR 1070). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 28–92, Democrats 63–22, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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
- 88
- No
- 109
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- May 21, 1872
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 92 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats63 yes · 22 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted no
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- John Michael Carroll D-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted no
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN voted no
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- 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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis 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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-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 Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- James Brooks 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
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-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
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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