House roll call 155 · 41st Congress · Mar 1, 1870
To amend H.J. RES. 179, extending the time for withdrawal of distilled spirits now in bond in distillery warehouses, by reducing the amount of additional tax FR
On Mar 1, 1870, the House voted 85–86 (HJR 179). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 38–84, Democrats 46–1, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 85
- No
- 86
- Did not vote
- 85
- Date
- Mar 1, 1870
By party
- Republicans38 yes · 84 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 1 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- David Heaton R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- 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
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox 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
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-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
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge 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
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth 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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- 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
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Henry W. Barry 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
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley 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
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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