House roll call 470 · 41st Congress · Jul 15, 1870
To pass a resolution regarding the election contest of reid VS. Julian, providing that george w. Julian was duly elected and is entitled to hold the seat he now
On Jul 15, 1870, the House voted 127–50. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 124–0, Democrats 0–50, Others 3–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 127
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- Jul 15, 1870
By party
- Republicans124 yes · 0 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 50 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper 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
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- John Cessna 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
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-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
- 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
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- 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
- John Fox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- 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
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- 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
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris 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
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey 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
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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