House roll call 156 · 41st Congress · Mar 1, 1870
To table H.J. RES. 179, regarding distilled spirits in bond in warehouses. (p. 1615-3)
On Mar 1, 1870, the House voted 61–106 (HJR 179). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 61–55, Democrats 0–49, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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
- 61
- No
- 106
- Did not vote
- 89
- Date
- Mar 1, 1870
By party
- Republicans61 yes · 55 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 49 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- David Heaton R-NC voted no
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- Noah Davis R-NY voted no
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
- David Atwood R-WI voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- 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
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Andrew Peters 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
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham 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
- John Fisher R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- 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
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- 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
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- 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
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- 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
- David Patterson Dyer 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
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- 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
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- David Atwood R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- 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
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- George Madison Adams 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
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Robinson Mccormick D-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
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-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
- 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 Johnson Morrell R-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
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins 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
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie 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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