House roll call 118 · 41st Congress · Jan 25, 1870
To amend a resolution regarding a contested election, prividing that m.d. Simpson is not entitled to a seat from the 4th district of south carolina by reason of
On Jan 25, 1870, the House voted 102–73. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 46–74, Democrats 56–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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
- 102
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- Jan 25, 1870
By party
- Republicans46 yes · 74 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Democrats56 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Oakes Ames 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
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted yes
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-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
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum 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 Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-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
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Forbes Benjamin 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
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- 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
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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