House roll call 365 · 42nd Congress · Jun 8, 1872
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2982, a bill providing for the transmission of official documents and other public matters. (p. 4448-2)
On Jun 8, 1872, the House voted 139–29 (HR 2982). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 78–20, Democrats 61–9, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 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
- 139
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 85
- Date
- Jun 8, 1872
By party
- Republicans78 yes · 20 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats61 yes · 9 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
- Frank Morey R-LA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC voted no
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-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
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee 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
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll 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
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-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
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce 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
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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