House roll call 286 · 41st Congress · May 26, 1870
To amend S.J. RES. 121, by providing that nothing in this act shall be construed as a guarantee by the United States of the bonds issued by said company or its
On May 26, 1870, the House voted 89–92 (SJR 121). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 58–76, Democrats 29–15, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 73 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
- 89
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- May 26, 1870
By party
- Republicans58 yes · 76 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 15 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook 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
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
- John Fox D-NY voted no
- John Morrissey D-NY voted no
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary 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
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-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
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine 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
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- 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
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Andrew Peters 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
- 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
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-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
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham 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
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser 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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- 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
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes 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
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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