House roll call 128 · 41st Congress · Feb 3, 1870
To amend H.R. 1096 (16 stat 67, 2/23/70), regarding the admittance of the state of miss. To representation in the Congress of the U.S., by stating that whereas
On Feb 3, 1870, the House voted 83–100 (HR 1096). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–99, Democrats 55–0, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 83
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- Feb 3, 1870
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 99 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Democrats55 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard 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
- 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
- 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
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- 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 Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Horace Lewis 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
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- 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
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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