House roll call 371 · 41st Congress · Jun 16, 1870
To amend H.J. RES. 329, by changing the wording of section 2 to read "the statute of april 20, 1818 shall be construed so as to give both contending parties the
On Jun 16, 1870, the House voted 77–101 (HJR 329). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–100, Democrats 48–1, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 77
- No
- 101
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Jun 16, 1870
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 100 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Democrats48 yes · 1 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted yes
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted yes
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted yes
- Edward Degener R-TX voted yes
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- 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
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- James Buffinton R-MA
- 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
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale 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
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham 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
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett 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 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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn 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
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- 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
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- 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
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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