To reconsider the vote by which the main question was ordered . (on passage of H.J.RES. 106, etc.), a bill declaring virginia entitled to representation in cong

On Jan 10, 1870, the House voted 77–77 (HJR 106). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 77–37, Democrats 0–41. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 members voted against their own party.

During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 77
No: 77
Did not vote: 101
Date: Jan 10, 1870

By party

Republicans77 yes · 37 no · 64 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 41 no · 31 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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