House roll call 139 · 41st Congress · Feb 9, 1870
To adjourn until saturday. (p. 1165-2)
On Feb 9, 1870, the House voted 49–91. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–82, Democrats 28–9, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 49
- No
- 91
- Did not vote
- 116
- Date
- Feb 9, 1870
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 82 no · 77 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 9 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-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
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- George William Booker O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey 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
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett 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
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Jay Smith 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
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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