To amend H.R. 974, by providing that $500,000 be appropriated to add a wing to army-navy building for the accomodation of the state department. (p. 4355-3)

On Jun 11, 1870, the House voted 25–127 (HR 974). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–92, Democrats 7–32, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 24 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: 25
No: 127
Did not vote: 104
Date: Jun 11, 1870

By party

Republicans17 yes · 92 no · 69 didn’t vote
Democrats7 yes · 32 no · 33 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
Patrick Hamill D-MD voted yes
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted yes
Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
Stephen Sanford R-NY voted yes
Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted yes
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted yes
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted yes
William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 974, by providing that…: House Vote, Jun 11, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-353/to-amend-h-r-974-by-providing-that-500 (accessed 2026-10-17).