House roll call 326 · 42nd Congress · May 29, 1872
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2946, a bill dividing the state of ill. Into three judicial districts. (p. 3983-3)
On May 29, 1872, the House voted 137–45 (HR 2946). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 98–9, Democrats 38–36, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 45 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
- 137
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- May 29, 1872
By party
- Republicans98 yes · 9 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats38 yes · 36 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Anderson Handley D-AL voted no
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN voted no
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted no
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA voted no
- William Terry D-VA voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- 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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-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
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-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 Brown Read 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- 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
- Wilder De Ayr Foster 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
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-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
- James Monroe R-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
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-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
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- 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
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- 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
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2946, a…: House Vote, May 29, 1872,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-326/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-2946 (accessed 2026-10-17).