To order engrossment and the third reading of S.J. RES. 121.

On May 11, 1870, the House voted 77–92 (SJR 121). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 69–55, Democrats 9–42, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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: 77
No: 92
Did not vote: 78
Date: May 11, 1870

By party

Republicans69 yes · 55 no · 54 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 42 no · 21 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted yes
Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
Noah Davis R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI 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

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To order engrossment and the third reading…: House Vote, May 11, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-262/to-order-engrossment-and-the-third-reading-of-s (accessed 2026-10-17).