House roll call 464 · 41st Congress · Jul 14, 1870
To suspend rules and pass a resolution providing that the clerk of the committee of invalid pensions be continued during the recess of Congress. (p. 5614-3)
On Jul 14, 1870, the House voted 103–66. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 92–28, Democrats 8–38, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 103
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 87
- Date
- Jul 14, 1870
By party
- Republicans92 yes · 28 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 38 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- William Mungen D-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted no
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-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
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-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
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Darwin Phelps 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
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- 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
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird 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
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- 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
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Colin Mckee 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
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- 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
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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