House roll call 174 · 41st Congress · Mar 15, 1870
To postpone for two weeks the consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote recommitting to the committee on invalid pensions, H.R. 547 (16 stat 193, 7/8/7
On Mar 15, 1870, the House voted 73–63 (HR 54). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 65–41, Democrats 7–21, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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
- 63
- Did not vote
- 120
- Date
- Mar 15, 1870
By party
- Republicans65 yes · 41 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 21 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted no
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- William Smyth R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- David Heaton R-NC voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- James January Winans R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson 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
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-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
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck 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
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- 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
- Roderick Randum Butler 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
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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