House roll call 85 · 42nd Congress · Apr 19, 1871
To adjourn.
On Apr 19, 1871, the House voted 40–108. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–53, Democrats 14–53, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 39 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
- 40
- No
- 108
- Did not vote
- 106
- Date
- Apr 19, 1871
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 53 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 53 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- James Millander Hanks D-AR voted yes
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- Andrew King D-MO voted yes
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted yes
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY voted yes
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- John Hill R-NJ
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks 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
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Francis Edwin Shober 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
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer 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
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland 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
- 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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-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
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon 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
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar 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
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll 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
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-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
- 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
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.