House roll call 432 · 41st Congress · Jul 8, 1870
To table motion to reconsider a resolution providing that there be paid to william switzler $5,000 for his expenses in conducting his contest for seat as repres
On Jul 8, 1870, the House voted 92–81. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 43–80, Democrats 47–1, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- 92
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Jul 8, 1870
By party
- Republicans43 yes · 80 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Democrats47 yes · 1 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- 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
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- 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
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- 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
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian 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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- 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 Hart Ela R-NH
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
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