House roll call 188 · 41st Congress · Mar 24, 1870
To amend a house resolution providing that the secretary of the navy be directed to convene a court martial for the purpose of putting commander john h. Upshur
On Mar 24, 1870, the House voted 71–109. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 42–85, Democrats 26–24, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 66 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
- 71
- No
- 109
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Mar 24, 1870
By party
- Republicans42 yes · 85 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 24 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- John Fisher R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- John Roberts Reading D-PA voted no
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- David Atwood R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley 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
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Coburn R-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
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Randolph Strickland 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
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Julius Levi Strong R-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
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-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
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Thompson Van Horn 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
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-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
- 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
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Other votes
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