House roll call 140 · 41st Congress · Feb 11, 1870
To pass H.R. 847, a bill providing for the relief of jane mcmurray. (p. 1222-1)
On Feb 11, 1870, the House voted 44–98 (HR 847). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 37–70, Democrats 7–26, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 44 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
- 44
- No
- 98
- Did not vote
- 114
- Date
- Feb 11, 1870
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 70 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 26 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- William Smyth R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- David Heaton R-NC voted yes
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Smyth R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill 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
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis 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
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd 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
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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