House roll call 78 · 41st Congress · Apr 9, 1869
To recess, motion made during debate on S. 236 (16 stat 46), a bill providing an extension on the time for the little rock and fort smith railroad company to co
On Apr 9, 1869, the House voted 68–70. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 32–67, Democrats 36–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 68
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 118
- Date
- Apr 9, 1869
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 67 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Democrats36 yes · 3 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William Smyth R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH voted no
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield 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
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- 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 Penn Wolf R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- 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
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
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