House roll call 305 · 42nd Congress · May 24, 1872
To amend H.R. 2847, a bill authorizing the orange, alexandria, and manassas railroad company to operate in the district of columbia. The amendment changes the
On May 24, 1872, the House voted 113–62 (HR 2847). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–52, Democrats 68–8, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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
- 113
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- May 24, 1872
By party
- Republicans45 yes · 52 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats68 yes · 8 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
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