To pass S. 95 (16 stat 149, 6/11/70), a bill regarding the hot springs reservation in arkan.. (p. 2929-1)

On Apr 23, 1870, the House voted 95–54 (S 95). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 54–53, Democrats 40–1, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 54 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: 95
No: 54
Did not vote: 107
Date: Apr 23, 1870

By party

Republicans54 yes · 53 no · 71 didn’t vote
Democrats40 yes · 1 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Smyth R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Washington Townsend 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 Cessna R-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer 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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