House roll call 442 · 41st Congress · Jul 9, 1870
To concur on Senate amendment 19 to H.R. 2045, which amendment would strike out "one and a half" and insert "one and a quarter"; so it will read-- "on steel rai
On Jul 9, 1870, the House voted 99–72 (HR 2045). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 51–72, Democrats 47–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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
- 99
- No
- 72
- Did not vote
- 85
- Date
- Jul 9, 1870
By party
- Republicans51 yes · 72 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Democrats47 yes · 0 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 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
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William Smyth R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley 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
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-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
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- 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
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler 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
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- 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
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- 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
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer 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
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- 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
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To concur on Senate amendment 19 to H.R…: House Vote, Jul 9, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-442/to-concur-on-senate-amendment-19-to-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).