House roll call 373 · 41st Congress · Jun 16, 1870
To concur with Senate amendment to H.J. RES. 781 (16 stat 221, 7/11/70), making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions for fiscal 1871, by
On Jun 16, 1870, the House voted 70–90 (HJR 781). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–85, Democrats 45–5, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 70
- No
- 90
- Did not vote
- 95
- Date
- Jun 16, 1870
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 85 no · 70 didn’t vote
- Democrats45 yes · 5 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
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
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur 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
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley 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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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