To amend H.R. 1889, regarding the revival of american commerce, by including in material used in ship construction lead, copper, and copper sheating. (p. 3958-

On May 31, 1870, the House voted 114–58 (HR 1889). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 60–58, Democrats 50–0, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 58 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: 114
No: 58
Did not vote: 84
Date: May 31, 1870

By party

Republicans60 yes · 58 no · 60 didn’t vote
Democrats50 yes · 0 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
William Smyth R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
David Smith Bennett R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
David Atwood R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted no
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
John Seashoal Witcher 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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