House roll call 166 · 41st Congress · Mar 7, 1870
To order the main question on passage of a resolution instructing the committee on military affairs to inquire into the appointment of the non-residents credite
On Mar 7, 1870, the House voted 73–81. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 70–42, Democrats 2–39, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 73
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- Mar 7, 1870
By party
- Republicans70 yes · 42 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 39 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
- John Fisher R-NY voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Smyth R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell 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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-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
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump 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
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- 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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- George Madison Adams 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
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Henry W. Barry 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
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong 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
- 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
- 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
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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