House roll call 299 · 41st Congress · May 26, 1870
To table H.R. 1889, a bill to revive the navigation and commercial interests of the United States. (p. 3862-1)
On May 26, 1870, the House voted 59–100 (HR 1889). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 44–77, Democrats 17–22, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 61 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
- 59
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- May 26, 1870
By party
- Republicans44 yes · 77 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 22 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- William Smyth R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted yes
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted yes
- Edward Degener R-TX voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-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 Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham 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
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George William Booker O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- 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 Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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