House roll call 185 · 41st Congress · Mar 23, 1870
To table H.R. 1179, a bill explanatory of the act of july 25, 1866, relating to the sutro tunnell. (p. 2170-1)
On Mar 23, 1870, the House voted 125–42 (HR 1179). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 86–36, Democrats 37–6, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 42 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
- 125
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 89
- Date
- Mar 23, 1870
By party
- Republicans86 yes · 36 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Democrats37 yes · 6 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
- William Smyth R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
- David Patterson Dyer 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
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
- John Fisher R-NY voted no
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted no
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted no
- James January Winans R-OH voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- David Atwood R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook 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
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Smyth R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- 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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry 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
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes 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
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- 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
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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