To substitute a resolution providing that the contested election case of barnes VS. Adams be recommitted to the committee on elections to be reexamined by said

On Jul 5, 1870, the House voted 21–121. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–75, Democrats 0–47, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 24 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: 21
No: 121
Did not vote: 108
Date: Jul 5, 1870

By party

Republicans24 yes · 75 no · 79 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 47 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
John Coburn R-IN voted yes
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
John Cessna R-PA voted yes
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted yes
William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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