To table H.J. RES. 4, a bill relative to steamboats and other vessels owned in the loyal states. (p. 280-3)

On Mar 25, 1869, the House voted 81–83 (HJR 4). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 75–39, Democrats 6–44. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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: 81
No: 83
Did not vote: 92
Date: Mar 25, 1869

By party

Republicans75 yes · 39 no · 64 didn’t vote
Democrats6 yes · 44 no · 22 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted yes
Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted yes
Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Patrick Hamill D-MD voted yes
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
John Ashley Griswold D-NY voted yes
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table H.J. RES. 4, a bill relative to…: House Vote, Mar 25, 1869,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-37/to-table-h-j-res-4-a-bill-relative (accessed 2026-10-16).