House roll call 154 · 41st Congress · Feb 28, 1870
To pass a resolution providing that the interests of the country require such tariff for revenue upon foreign imports as will afford incidental protection to do
On Feb 28, 1870, the House voted 108–47. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 99–13, Democrats 8–31, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 47
- Did not vote
- 101
- Date
- Feb 28, 1870
By party
- Republicans99 yes · 13 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 31 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher 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
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- 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
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood 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
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- 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
- Norman Buel Judd 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
- 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
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George William Booker O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- 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
- William Smyth R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- 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
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- 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
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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