To suspend the rules and consider H.R. 979, a bill authorizing certain indemnity finances received for the governments of china and japan to be put into the tre

On Feb 7, 1870, the House voted 81–84 (HR 979). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 74–39, Democrats 4–43, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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: 81
No: 84
Did not vote: 91
Date: Feb 7, 1870

By party

Republicans74 yes · 39 no · 65 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 43 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
David Smith Bennett R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
James Clark Mcgrew 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 suspend the rules and consider H.R. 979…: House Vote, Feb 7, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-136/to-suspend-the-rules-and-consider-h-r-979 (accessed 2026-10-17).