House roll call 490 · 41st Congress · Dec 16, 1870
To pass H.R. 2538, a bill to relieve certain persons therein named from certain legal and political disabilities imposed by the 14th article of amendments to TH
On Dec 16, 1870, the House voted 111–53 (HR 2538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 66–52, Democrats 41–1, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 53 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
- 111
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 92
- Date
- Dec 16, 1870
By party
- Republicans66 yes · 52 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Democrats41 yes · 1 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted no
- James January Winans R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted no
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- David Atwood R-WI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters 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
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter 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
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- David Atwood 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
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- 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
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr 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
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- James Brooks 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
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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