To order the main question on passage of a resolution instructing the committee on military affairs to inquire into the appointment of the non-residents credite

On Mar 7, 1870, the House voted 73–81. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 70–42, Democrats 2–39, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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: 73
No: 81
Did not vote: 102
Date: Mar 7, 1870

By party

Republicans70 yes · 42 no · 66 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 39 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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