House roll call 245 · 41st Congress · May 5, 1870
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S.J. RES. 121. (p. 3270-2)
On May 5, 1870, the House voted 66–73. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 41–65, Democrats 24–6, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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
- 66
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 117
- Date
- May 5, 1870
By party
- Republicans41 yes · 65 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 6 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Coburn R-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
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Smyth R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- 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
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester 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
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- 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
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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