House roll call 258 · 41st Congress · May 10, 1870
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S.J. RES. 121. (p. 3346-2)
On May 10, 1870, the House voted 28–110. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–87, Democrats 12–19, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 28 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
- 28
- No
- 110
- Did not vote
- 118
- Date
- May 10, 1870
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 87 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 19 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted yes
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather 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
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann 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
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- 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 Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Boyd Winchester 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
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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