House roll call 165 · 41st Congress · Mar 4, 1870
To adjourn until monday. (p. 1701-1)
On Mar 4, 1870, the House voted 80–90. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–89, Democrats 46–1, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 80
- No
- 90
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- Mar 4, 1870
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 89 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 1 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley 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
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard 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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox 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
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge 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 Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian 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
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper 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
- David Heaton R-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett 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
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode 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
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard 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
Did not vote
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- George Madison Adams 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 Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- James Scott Negley 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
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-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
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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