House roll call 481 · 41st Congress · Dec 8, 1870
That when the house adjourns, it does so until monday next. (p. 41-2)
On Dec 8, 1870, the House voted 93–92. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 52–85, Democrats 37–6, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 58 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
- 93
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Dec 8, 1870
By party
- Republicans52 yes · 85 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats37 yes · 6 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted no
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO 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
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- David Atwood R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd 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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- 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
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- 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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry 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
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler 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
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
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
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- 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
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne 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
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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