House roll call 220 · 41st Congress · Apr 22, 1870
To dispense with further proceedings under the call of the house. (p. 2925-1)
On Apr 22, 1870, the House voted 36–92. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–69, Democrats 6–23, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 35 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
- 36
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 128
- Date
- Apr 22, 1870
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 69 no · 80 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 23 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted yes
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- Edward Degener R-TX voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- David Atwood R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- William Hanford Upson 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
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- 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
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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