House roll call 214 · 41st Congress · Apr 20, 1870
To table a motion to reconsider the vote by which a resolution was passed regarding the election contest of sypher VS. ST. Martin. (p. 2850)
On Apr 20, 1870, the House voted 79–83. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 79–29, Democrats 0–51, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 79
- No
- 83
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- Apr 20, 1870
By party
- Republicans79 yes · 29 no · 70 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 51 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI 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
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester 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
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- 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
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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