House roll call 389 · 42nd Congress · Dec 20, 1872
To dispense with all further proceedings under the call. (p. 337)
On Dec 20, 1872, the House voted 41–50. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–43, Democrats 22–7, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 41
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 163
- Date
- Dec 20, 1872
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 43 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 7 no · 77 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden 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
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- James Brooks D-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
- John Armstrong Smith 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
- William Mcclelland D-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
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- 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
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Jackson Orr 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
- William Steele Holman 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
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler 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
- Legrand Winfield Perce 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
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- 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
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-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
- 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
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright 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
- 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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