To table motion to reconsider vote by which was rejected an amendment to H.R. 2045, which amendment would abolish income tax. (p. 5416-1)

On Jul 9, 1870, the House voted 71–107 (HR 2045). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 70–63, Democrats 0–41, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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: 71
No: 107
Did not vote: 78
Date: Jul 9, 1870

By party

Republicans70 yes · 63 no · 45 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 41 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Smyth R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
Noah Davis R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield 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
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
David Atwood R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI 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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