House roll call 479 · 41st Congress · Dec 6, 1870
To table motion to reconsider the vote by which S.J. RES. 11 was tabled. (p. 24-1)
On Dec 6, 1870, the House voted 82–83 (SRE 11). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 49–74, Democrats 33–7, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 56 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
- 82
- No
- 83
- Did not vote
- 91
- Date
- Dec 6, 1870
By party
- Republicans49 yes · 74 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 7 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook 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 Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Coburn R-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
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- 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 Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott 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
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry 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
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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