House roll call 105 · 41st Congress · Jan 13, 1870
To refer H.R. 804, a bill to protect officers in the government employ, to the judiciary committee with instructions to amend by declaring the penalty clause UN
On Jan 13, 1870, the House voted 59–102 (HR 804). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 56–57, Democrats 3–45. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 59 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
- 59
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 95
- Date
- Jan 13, 1870
By party
- Republicans56 yes · 57 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 45 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
- John Fisher R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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