House roll call 336 · 41st Congress · Jun 6, 1870
To table a resolution instructing the ways and means committee to report a bill to eliminate the tariff on coal. (p. 4101-2)
On Jun 6, 1870, the House voted 78–112. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 61–75, Democrats 13–37, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 74 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
- 78
- No
- 112
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Jun 6, 1870
By party
- Republicans61 yes · 75 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 37 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA 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
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna 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
- Christopher Columbus Bowen 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
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- 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
- 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
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- 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
- John Alexander Logan R-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
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- 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
- James Brooks 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
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- 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
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table a resolution instructing the ways…: House Vote, Jun 6, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-336/to-table-a-resolution-instructing-the-ways-and-means (accessed 2026-10-15).