House roll call 462 · 41st Congress · Jul 13, 1870
To suspend rules and consider S. 647, a bill concerning the southern pacific railroad of california. (p. 5524-3)
On Jul 13, 1870, the House voted 74–107 (S 647). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 62–73, Democrats 13–37, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 75 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
- 74
- No
- 107
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Jul 13, 1870
By party
- Republicans62 yes · 73 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 37 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- John Morrissey D-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- John Fisher R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI 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
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted yes
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted yes
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- David Atwood R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Lewis Stoughton 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
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-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
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Darwin Phelps 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
- John Coggswell Conner D-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
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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