House roll call 415 · 41st Congress · Jul 2, 1870
To table H.R. 1779, a bill to confirm to james m. Hutchings and james c. Lamon their preemption claims in the yosemite valley in the state of california. (p. 5
On Jul 2, 1870, the House voted 107–31 (HR 1779). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 76–23, Democrats 31–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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
- 107
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 118
- Date
- Jul 2, 1870
By party
- Republicans76 yes · 23 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 8 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- William Smyth R-IA voted no
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley 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
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer 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
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-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
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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