To suspend the rules and pass a resolution providing that all fines imposed by this house upon members on account of their absence from its session on friday ev

On Apr 25, 1870, the House voted 86–54. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 58–46, Democrats 25–8, Others 3–0. 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: 86
No: 54
Did not vote: 116
Date: Apr 25, 1870

By party

Republicans58 yes · 46 no · 74 didn’t vote
Democrats25 yes · 8 no · 39 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN 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
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
David Heaton R-NC voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
Edward Degener R-TX voted no
David Atwood 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and pass a resolution…: House Vote, Apr 25, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-224/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-a-resolution-providing (accessed 2026-10-16).