To amend H.R. 2045, a bill to reduce internal taxes and for other purposes, by increasing the amount of income exempted from $1,500 to $2,000. (p. 4063-3)

On Jun 3, 1870, the House voted 138–52 (HR 2045). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 91–45, Democrats 43–7, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 52 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: 138
No: 52
Did not vote: 66
Date: Jun 3, 1870

By party

Republicans91 yes · 45 no · 42 didn’t vote
Democrats43 yes · 7 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Smyth R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 2045, a bill to reduce…: House Vote, Jun 3, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-315/to-amend-h-r-2045-a-bill-to-reduce (accessed 2026-10-17).