To pass H.R. 783. (p. 362-2)

On Jan 14, 1870, the House voted 142–49 (HR 783). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 85–49, Democrats 58–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 49 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: 142
No: 49
Did not vote: 64
Date: Jan 14, 1870

By party

Republicans85 yes · 49 no · 44 didn’t vote
Democrats58 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Smyth R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI 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 pass H.R. 783. (p. 362-2): House Vote, Jan 14, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-108/to-pass-h-r-783-p-362-2 (accessed 2026-10-17).