To order the engrossment and the third reading of H.R. 1705, a bill to fix the time for the election of representatives and delegates in the Congress of the u.s

On Apr 4, 1870, the House voted 124–42 (HR 1705). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 94–27, Democrats 26–14, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 41 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: 124
No: 42
Did not vote: 90
Date: Apr 4, 1870

By party

Republicans94 yes · 27 no · 57 didn’t vote
Democrats26 yes · 14 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Smyth R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted no
Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
James Brooks D-NY voted no
George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI 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 order the engrossment and the third…: House Vote, Apr 4, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-194/to-order-the-engrossment-and-the-third-reading-of (accessed 2026-10-17).