House roll call 250 · 41st Congress · May 10, 1870
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S.J. RES. 121. (p. 3344-2)
On May 10, 1870, the House voted 16–141. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–106, Democrats 10–31, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 141
- Did not vote
- 99
- Date
- May 10, 1870
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 106 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 31 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Coburn R-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
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett 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
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Did not vote
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong 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
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-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
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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