House roll call 280 · 41st Congress · May 24, 1870
To order the main question on H.R. 1889, a bill to revive the navigation and commercial interests of the U.S. (p. 3768-1)
On May 24, 1870, the House voted 84–99 (HR 1889). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 81–53, Democrats 4–43, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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
- 84
- No
- 99
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- May 24, 1870
By party
- Republicans81 yes · 53 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 43 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- William Smyth R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- James January Winans R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted no
- Edward Degener R-TX voted no
- David Atwood R-WI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham 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
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett 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
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook 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
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- 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
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- 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
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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