House roll call 211 · 41st Congress · Apr 18, 1870
To pass H.R. 1823, a bill providing for the apportionment of representatives to Congress. (p. 2756-1)
On Apr 18, 1870, the House voted 86–85 (HR 1823). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 75–52, Democrats 10–34, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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
- 86
- No
- 85
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Apr 18, 1870
By party
- Republicans75 yes · 52 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 34 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- George Merrick Brooks 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
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- John Fisher R-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- 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
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins 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
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher 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
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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