To table H.R. 480, a bill providing for the transfer of the philadelphia navy yard to league island. (p. 789-2)

On Jan 26, 1870, the House voted 94–66 (HR 480). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 73–42, Democrats 21–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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: 94
No: 66
Did not vote: 96
Date: Jan 26, 1870

By party

Republicans73 yes · 42 no · 63 didn’t vote
Democrats21 yes · 24 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted yes
Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
Albert George Burr D-IL voted yes
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted yes
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Frederick Stone D-MD voted yes
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd 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
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
David Heaton R-NC voted no
Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted yes
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
Isaac Harding Duval R-WV 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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