House roll call 240 · 41st Congress · May 5, 1870
To table S.J. RES. 121 (16 stat 378, 5/31/70), authorizing northern pacific railroad company to issue its bonds for the construction of its road, and to secure
On May 5, 1870, the House voted 58–86 (SJR 121). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 37–78, Democrats 29–12, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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
- 58
- No
- 86
- Did not vote
- 97
- Date
- May 5, 1870
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 78 no · 63 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 12 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley 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 Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey 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
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
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
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Henry Ketcham R-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
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- 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
- William Smyth R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce 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
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table S.J. RES. 121 (16 stat 378…: House Vote, May 5, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-240/to-table-s-j-res-121-16-stat-378 (accessed 2026-10-17).