House roll call 303 · 41st Congress · May 31, 1870
To amend H.R. 1889, regarding the revival of american commerce, by providing that from and after the passage of this act iron ships of foreign manufacture being
On May 31, 1870, the House voted 77–100 (HR 1889). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 40–85, Democrats 37–13, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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
- 77
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- May 31, 1870
By party
- Republicans40 yes · 85 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Democrats37 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard 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 Alexander Logan 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
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
- John Fox D-NY voted no
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY voted no
- Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted yes
- Edward Degener R-TX voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard 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
- William Steele Holman 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
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-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
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-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
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler 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
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- 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
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- 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
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Colin Mckee 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
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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