House roll call 46 · 42nd Congress · Mar 21, 1871
To adjourn.
On Mar 21, 1871, the House voted 107–72. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–69, Democrats 77–2, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 107
- No
- 72
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Mar 21, 1871
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 69 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats77 yes · 2 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted no
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman 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 Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- 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
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm 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
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Critcher D-VA
- 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
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- 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
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester 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
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.