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On Jun 22, 1870, the House voted 84–75 (HR 253). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 58–55, Democrats 24–20, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 75 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: 84
No: 75
Did not vote: 97
Date: Jun 22, 1870

By party

Republicans58 yes · 55 no · 65 didn’t vote
Democrats24 yes · 20 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Albert George Burr D-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted no
Boyd Winchester D-KY voted no
Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted no
John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
John Morrissey D-NY voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
John Ashley Griswold D-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
George Washington Whitmore R-TX 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 pass H.R. 253 (16 stat 196, 7/8/70), a…: House Vote, Jun 22, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-392/to-pass-h-r-253-16-stat-196-7 (accessed 2026-10-17).