House roll call 312 · 42nd Congress · May 24, 1872
To adjourn, a motion made during consideration of a motion to table a motion to reconsider the vote by which the house refused to sustain a decision of the chai
On May 24, 1872, the House voted 40–81. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 35–27, Democrats 5–52, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 40
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 133
- Date
- May 24, 1872
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 27 no · 81 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 52 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell 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
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock 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
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis 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
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper 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
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick 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
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman 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
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-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
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
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