To table motion to reconsider the vote by which was rejected a motion to refer to ways and means committee a resolution. (p. 4862-3)

On Jun 27, 1870, the House voted 103–55. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 62–55, Democrats 38–0, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 55 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: 103
No: 55
Did not vote: 98
Date: Jun 27, 1870

By party

Republicans62 yes · 55 no · 61 didn’t vote
Democrats38 yes · 0 no · 34 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Noah Davis R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
David Smith Bennett R-NY voted no
Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV 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 table motion to reconsider the vote by…: House Vote, Jun 27, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-405/to-table-motion-to-reconsider-the-vote-by-which (accessed 2026-10-16).