House roll call 316 · 42nd Congress · May 24, 1872
A call of the house, motion made during consideration of S. 569. (p. 3855-3,3856-1)
On May 24, 1872, the House voted 73–36. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–34, Democrats 52–1, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 73
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 145
- Date
- May 24, 1872
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 34 no · 89 didn’t vote
- Democrats52 yes · 1 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- 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
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- William Pierce Price 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
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-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
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Armor Bingham 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
- 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
- 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
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-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
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- 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
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard 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
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks 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
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- 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
- William Randall Roberts 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
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport 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
- Samuel Shellabarger R-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
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- 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
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
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