To table a resolution providing that the select committee on reconstruction be, and hereby is, instructed to report forthwith a bill for general amnesty. (p. 3

On May 16, 1870, the House voted 84–87. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 84–42, Democrats 0–43, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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: 84
No: 87
Did not vote: 83
Date: May 16, 1870

By party

Republicans84 yes · 42 no · 52 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 43 no · 29 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg 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
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
David Smith Bennett R-NY voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
Edward Degener R-TX voted no
Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT 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 table a resolution providing that the…: House Vote, May 16, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-265/to-table-a-resolution-providing-that-the-select-committee (accessed 2026-10-15).