House roll call 387 · 41st Congress · Jun 20, 1870
To order the main question on a resolution providing that the sergeant-at-arms of the house be and is hereby instructed to pay to each of the members of this ho
On Jun 20, 1870, the House voted 49–96. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 39–71, Democrats 10–25. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 49 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
- 49
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 111
- Date
- Jun 20, 1870
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 71 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 25 no · 37 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- John Morrissey D-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted yes
- Edward Degener R-TX voted yes
- David Atwood R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard 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 Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian 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
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Did not vote
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- 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
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce 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
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- 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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
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