House roll call 269 · 41st Congress · May 16, 1870
To adopt a conference report on H.R. 1084 (16 stat 124, 5/20/70), a bill to incorporate the wash. Market company. (p. 3500-1)
On May 16, 1870, the House voted 99–50 (HR 1084). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 74–39, Democrats 22–13, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 52 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
- 99
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 104
- Date
- May 16, 1870
By party
- Republicans74 yes · 39 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 13 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- William Smyth R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- James January Winans R-OH voted no
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin 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
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty 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
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener 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
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- 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
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- 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
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-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
- 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
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- 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
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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