To consider the contested election case of wallace VS. Simpson from the fourth congressional district of s. C. (p. 3768-2)

On May 24, 1870, the House voted 87–89. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 88–36, Democrats 0–50, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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: 89
Did not vote: 78
Date: May 24, 1870

By party

Republicans88 yes · 36 no · 54 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 50 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy 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
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY 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
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Philetus Sawyer 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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