House roll call 83 · 42nd Congress · Apr 18, 1871
To pass S. 242, (17 stat 19, 4-20-71), a bill enabling the atlantic and pacific railroad to mortage its road.
On Apr 18, 1871, the House voted 86–66 (S 242). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 72–14, Democrats 12–51, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 86
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- Apr 18, 1871
By party
- Republicans72 yes · 14 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 51 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL voted yes
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Edward Young Rice D-IL voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- John Rogers D-NY voted yes
- William Williams D-NY voted yes
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH voted no
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH voted yes
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague 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
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely 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
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- John Critcher D-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-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
- John James Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-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
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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