House roll call 438 · 41st Congress · Jul 9, 1870
To suspend rules and introduce amendment to H.R. 2045, a bill to reduce internal taxes and for other purposes, which amendment would abolish income tax. (p. 54
On Jul 9, 1870, the House voted 67–116 (HR 2045). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 36–99, Democrats 30–16, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 67
- No
- 116
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- Jul 9, 1870
By party
- Republicans36 yes · 99 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats30 yes · 16 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted yes
- John Covode 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
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey 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
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin 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
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-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
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- 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
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- 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
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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