House roll call 404 · 41st Congress · Jun 27, 1870
To table a resolution providing that the committee on ways and means is hereby instructed to report to this house forthwith a bill reducing the present duties o
On Jun 27, 1870, the House voted 57–107. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 56–64, Democrats 1–41, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 57 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
- 57
- No
- 107
- Did not vote
- 91
- Date
- Jun 27, 1870
By party
- Republicans56 yes · 64 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 41 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman 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
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- John Fisher R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- David Atwood R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley 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 Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-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
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- 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
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter 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
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
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