House roll call 241 · 41st Congress · May 5, 1870
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S.J. RES. 121. (p. 3269)
On May 5, 1870, the House voted 54–93. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–82, Democrats 23–8, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 93
- Did not vote
- 109
- Date
- May 5, 1870
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 82 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 8 no · 41 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
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll 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
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks 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
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO 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
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
- 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
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-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
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- 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
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval 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
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters 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
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- 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
- Israel George Lash 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
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles 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
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore 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
- Caleb Newbold Taylor 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
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley 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
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- 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
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Burnie Beck 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
- 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn 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
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-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
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley 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
- Samuel Mayes Arnell 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
- Luke Potter Poland 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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