House roll call 525 · 41st Congress · Jan 23, 1871
To suspend rules and pass H.J. RES. 468 (16 stat 593, 2/9/71), providing for the protection and preservation of the food fishes of the coast of the U.S. (p. 6
On Jan 23, 1871, the House voted 137–46 (HJR 468). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 120–18, Democrats 16–27, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 137
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- Jan 23, 1871
By party
- Republicans120 yes · 18 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 27 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Joseph Dixon R-NC voted no
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- John Fox D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT 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
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker 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
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-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
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
Other votes
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