House roll call 158 · 41st Congress · Mar 1, 1870
To table a resolution instructing the committee on military affairs to continue their investigations of the sale of cadetship. (p. 1629-2)
On Mar 1, 1870, the House voted 64–96. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 49–61, Democrats 15–34, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 64 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
- 64
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 96
- Date
- Mar 1, 1870
By party
- Republicans49 yes · 61 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 34 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted yes
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- David Atwood R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- 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
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy 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
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler 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
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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