To table a resolution regarding the election contest of sypher VS. ST. Martin, providing that there was no valid election held in the 1st congressional district

On Apr 20, 1870, the House voted 74–96. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 74–43, Democrats 0–50, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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: 74
No: 96
Did not vote: 86
Date: Apr 20, 1870

By party

Republicans74 yes · 43 no · 61 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 50 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook 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
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters 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
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table a resolution regarding the election…: House Vote, Apr 20…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-216/to-table-a-resolution-regarding-the-election-contest-of (accessed 2026-10-16).