To proceed to the business on the speaker's table. (p. 2467-1)

On Apr 6, 1870, the House voted 78–81. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 75–37, Democrats 1–42, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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: 78
No: 81
Did not vote: 97
Date: Apr 6, 1870

By party

Republicans75 yes · 37 no · 66 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 42 no · 29 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
John Seashoal Witcher R-WV 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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