To concur on Senate amendment no. 95 to H.R. 2045, which amendment would appoint an appraiser of imported merchandise at a salary of $3,000per annum and as many

On Jul 9, 1870, the House voted 90–76 (HR 2045). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 65–58, Democrats 25–16, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 74 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: 90
No: 76
Did not vote: 90
Date: Jul 9, 1870

By party

Republicans65 yes · 58 no · 55 didn’t vote
Democrats25 yes · 16 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
James Brooks D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Noah Davis R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT 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 concur on Senate amendment no. 95 to H.R…: House Vote, Jul 9, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-445/to-concur-on-senate-amendment-no-95-to-h (accessed 2026-10-17).