House roll call 135 · 41st Congress · Feb 7, 1870
To place as a special order for freiday next and from day to day thereafter until disposed of, H.R. 1169 (16 stat 335), a bill making appropriations for the cur
On Feb 7, 1870, the House voted 108–42 (HR 1169). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 85–17, Democrats 20–25, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 108
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 106
- Date
- Feb 7, 1870
By party
- Republicans85 yes · 17 no · 76 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 25 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted yes
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- 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
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg 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
- David Heaton R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett 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
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- 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
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd 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
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard 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
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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