To amend H.R. 2295, a bill relating to the consolidation of the postal laws, to prevent the abuse of the franking privilege. (p. 41-3)

On Dec 8, 1870, the House voted 70–102 (HR 2295). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 60–75, Democrats 10–23, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 70 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: 70
No: 102
Did not vote: 84
Date: Dec 8, 1870

By party

Republicans60 yes · 75 no · 43 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 23 no · 39 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
William Penn Wolf R-IA voted yes
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
Burton Chauncey Cook 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
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
Frederick Stone D-MD voted yes
John Lynch R-ME voted yes
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
Joel Funk Asper 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
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
Joseph Dixon R-NC voted yes
Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted yes
James Brooks D-NY voted yes
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted yes
William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
John Beatty R-OH voted yes
Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted yes
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
John Armor Bingham 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
Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 2295, a bill relating to the…: House Vote, Dec 8, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-482/to-amend-h-r-2295-a-bill-relating-to (accessed 2026-10-17).