House roll call 247 · 41st Congress · May 9, 1870
To adjourn. (p. 3314-2)
On May 9, 1870, the House voted 79–55. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 50–50, Democrats 28–4, Others 1–1. 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
- 79
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 122
- Date
- May 9, 1870
By party
- Republicans50 yes · 50 no · 78 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 4 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS 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
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- John Fisher R-NY voted no
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- David Heaton R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- 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
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames 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
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode 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
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- 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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.