To pass a resolution regarding the election contest of reid VS. Julian, providing payment of $4,500 to contestant john s. Reid. (p. 5653-3)

On Jul 15, 1870, the House voted 73–98. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 72–46, Democrats 1–49, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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: 73
No: 98
Did not vote: 85
Date: Jul 15, 1870

By party

Republicans72 yes · 46 no · 60 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 49 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted no
Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
John Seashoal Witcher 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 pass a resolution regarding the election…: House Vote, Jul 15, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-471/to-pass-a-resolution-regarding-the-election-contest-of (accessed 2026-10-17).