To table a resolution providing that the last resolution of this house in relation to the drawing of seats by members be rescinded and that the clerk of the hou

On Dec 6, 1870, the House voted 98–81. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 70–66, Democrats 27–11, Others 1–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 77 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: 98
No: 81
Did not vote: 77
Date: Dec 6, 1870

By party

Republicans70 yes · 66 no · 42 didn’t vote
Democrats27 yes · 11 no · 34 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
Frank Morey R-LA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
Joseph Dixon R-NC voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
John Morrissey D-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
John Ashley Griswold D-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
William Mungen D-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong 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
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
William Thomas Clark R-TX voted no
Edward Degener R-TX voted no
Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
David Atwood R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
John Seashoal Witcher R-WV 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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