To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which was passed H.R. 314, a bill to confirm the title of the heirs of geracia nolan, deceased, to certain lands i

On Apr 23, 1870, the House voted 78–60 (HR 314). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 56–47, Democrats 22–12, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 59 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: 78
No: 60
Did not vote: 118
Date: Apr 23, 1870

By party

Republicans56 yes · 47 no · 75 didn’t vote
Democrats22 yes · 12 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
Edward Degener R-TX voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
David Atwood R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI 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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