House roll call 319 · 41st Congress · Jun 3, 1870
To amend H.R. 2045, by including in taxable income any income derived from legacy other than from husband, father, or mother. (p. 4065-2)
On Jun 3, 1870, the House voted 62–102 (HR 2045). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 53–66, Democrats 7–33, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 60 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
- 62
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 92
- Date
- Jun 3, 1870
By party
- Republicans53 yes · 66 no · 59 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 33 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted yes
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- David Atwood R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird 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 Morrissey D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- 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
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- 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
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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