House roll call 472 · 41st Congress · Jul 15, 1870
To pass S. 272 (16 stat 657, 7/15/70), a bill to settle the claim of the heirs of the late col. William gates of the U.S. Army, being the amount of his share of
On Jul 15, 1870, the House voted 86–69 (S 272). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–65, Democrats 39–4, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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
- 86
- No
- 69
- Did not vote
- 101
- Date
- Jul 15, 1870
By party
- Republicans44 yes · 65 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Democrats39 yes · 4 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- 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
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry 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 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
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Smyth R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-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
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones 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
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- 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
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- James Scott Negley 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
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer 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
- David Atwood R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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