To pass H.R. 1322, a bill to prevent the further sale of the public lands in dakota. (p. 1762-3)

On Mar 8, 1870, the House voted 75–92 (HR 1322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 62–52, Democrats 13–38, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 65 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: 75
No: 92
Did not vote: 89
Date: Mar 8, 1870

By party

Republicans62 yes · 52 no · 64 didn’t vote
Democrats13 yes · 38 no · 21 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted no
Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Albert George Burr D-IL voted yes
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted yes
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
John Covode R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Isaac Harding Duval 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 pass H.R. 1322, a bill to prevent the…: House Vote, Mar 8, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-168/to-pass-h-r-1322-a-bill-to-prevent (accessed 2026-10-17).