House roll call 507 · 41st Congress · Jan 10, 1871
To amend H.R. 1478 (16 stat 470, 3/3/71), by transfering the national exposition from philadelphia, pa. To saint louis, missouri. H.R. 1478 provides for celebr
On Jan 10, 1871, the House voted 37–102 (HR 1478). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–83, Democrats 24–18, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 37
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 117
- Date
- Jan 10, 1871
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 83 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 18 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY voted no
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-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
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- 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
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
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