To table H.R. 1823, a bill providing for the apportionment of representatives to Congress among the several states. (p. 2756-2)

On Apr 18, 1870, the House voted 77–90 (HR 1823). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 54–70, Democrats 23–18, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 72 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: 77
No: 90
Did not vote: 88
Date: Apr 18, 1870

By party

Republicans54 yes · 70 no · 54 didn’t vote
Democrats23 yes · 18 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
Albert George Burr D-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted no
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
Boyd Winchester D-KY voted no
Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
John Lynch R-ME voted yes
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted yes
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
William Moore R-NJ voted yes
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
Stephen Sanford R-NY voted yes
Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
John Fisher R-NY voted yes
Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
John Cessna R-PA voted yes
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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