To order the main question on H.R. 2214. (p. 4520-3)

On Jun 17, 1870, the House voted 77–74 (HR 2214). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 74–42, Democrats 6–38, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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: 74
Did not vote: 93
Date: Jun 17, 1870

By party

Republicans74 yes · 42 no · 62 didn’t vote
Democrats6 yes · 38 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN 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
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson 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
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted no
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no

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 order the main question on H.R. 2214. (p…: House Vote, Jun 17, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-381/to-order-the-main-question-on-h-r-2214 (accessed 2026-10-17).