House roll call 226 · 41st Congress · Apr 27, 1870
To order call of the house. (p. 3030-3)
On Apr 27, 1870, the House voted 54–117. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 36–88, Democrats 18–27, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 54 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
- 54
- No
- 117
- Did not vote
- 85
- Date
- Apr 27, 1870
By party
- Republicans36 yes · 88 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 27 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- 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
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone 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
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-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
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- 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
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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