House roll call 354 · 41st Congress · Jun 11, 1870
To amend H.R. 974, by adding seven sections to effect enlargement and improvement of capitol grounds. (p. 4356-1)
On Jun 11, 1870, the House voted 30–122 (HR 974). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–91, Democrats 6–29, Others 3–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 27 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
- 30
- No
- 122
- Did not vote
- 104
- Date
- Jun 11, 1870
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 91 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 29 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- John Fox D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted yes
- Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Fox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- 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
- 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
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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 Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- 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
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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