House roll call 316 · 41st Congress · Jun 3, 1870
To amend H.R. 2045, by eliminating section 36 making taxable the amount received from the sale of live stock, sugar, wool, butter, cheese, meats, hay, grain, FR
On Jun 3, 1870, the House voted 75–110 (HR 2045). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 28–103, Democrats 43–6, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 75
- No
- 110
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Jun 3, 1870
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 103 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Democrats43 yes · 6 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- James Brooks 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
- John Fisher R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- 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 Smyth R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin 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
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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