House roll call 390 · 41st Congress · Jun 20, 1870
To table H.R. 1883 (16 stat 222, 7/11/70), a bill making appropriations for the constr., preservation, and repairs of certain fortifications and other works of
On Jun 20, 1870, the House voted 71–87 (HR 1883). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 45–69, Democrats 24–18, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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
- 71
- No
- 87
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Jun 20, 1870
By party
- Republicans45 yes · 69 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 18 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- John Fox D-NY voted no
- John Morrissey D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted yes
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- 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
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- 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
- William Smyth R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- 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
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Moffet D-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
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- 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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- 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
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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