House roll call 453 · 41st Congress · Jul 12, 1870
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S.J. RES. 11. (p. 5470-3)
On Jul 12, 1870, the House voted 77–104. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 45–83, Democrats 32–18, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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
- 104
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Jul 12, 1870
By party
- Republicans45 yes · 83 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 18 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
- John Fisher R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-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
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- 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
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-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
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-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
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- 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
- John Hill R-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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