To recess the committee of the whole from 4.30 p.m. To 7.30 p.m. Today. (p. 3375-2)

On May 11, 1870, the House voted 87–57. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 85–17, Democrats 2–37, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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: 87
No: 57
Did not vote: 112
Date: May 11, 1870

By party

Republicans85 yes · 17 no · 76 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 37 no · 33 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
William Smyth R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine 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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