House roll call 320 · 41st Congress · Jun 3, 1870
To amend H.R. 2045, by striking all sections 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, and 43 pertaining to income tax. (p. 4066-1)
On Jun 3, 1870, the House voted 61–122 (HR 2045). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 33–103, Democrats 27–17, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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
- 61
- No
- 122
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Jun 3, 1870
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 103 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 17 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted no
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- 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
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- 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
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- 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
- 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
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- 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
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne 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
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn 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
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- 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
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-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
- 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
- Richard Small Ayer 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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