To recommit to committee H.R. 547 (16 stat 193, 7/8/70), a bill to define the duties of pension agents and prescribe the measure of paying pensions, with instru

On Jan 11, 1870, the House voted 101–53 (HR 547). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 62–48, Democrats 39–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 53 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: 101
No: 53
Did not vote: 102
Date: Jan 11, 1870

By party

Republicans62 yes · 48 no · 68 didn’t vote
Democrats39 yes · 5 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook 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
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Noah Davis R-NY voted no
David Smith Bennett R-NY voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “To recommit to committee H.R. 547 (16 stat…: House Vote, Jan 11, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-103/to-recommit-to-committee-h-r-547-16-stat (accessed 2026-10-16).