To postpone H.R. 256, a bill to provide for the taking of the ninth and subsequent censuses. (p. 553-1)

On Apr 6, 1869, the House voted 65–87 (HRE 256). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 62–49, Democrats 3–38. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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: 65
No: 87
Did not vote: 104
Date: Apr 6, 1869

By party

Republicans62 yes · 49 no · 67 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 38 no · 31 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
William Smyth R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted no

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 postpone H.R. 256, a bill to provide for…: House Vote, Apr 6, 1869,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-52/to-postpone-h-r-256-a-bill-to-provide (accessed 2026-10-17).