House roll call 387 · 42nd Congress · Dec 20, 1872
To adjourn for holidays. (p. 335)
On Dec 20, 1872, the House voted 36–67. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–54, Democrats 25–13, Others 3–0. 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
- 36
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 151
- Date
- Dec 20, 1872
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 54 no · 81 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 13 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted no
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- William Brown Read 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
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames 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
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney 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
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- 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
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-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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