To amend H.R. 2295 by striking out the 13th chapter of amendments reported to prevent the creation of additional government expenses, and to prevent imposition

On Dec 8, 1870, the House voted 97–80 (HR 2295). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 78–57, Democrats 19–18, Others 0–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 75 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: 97
No: 80
Did not vote: 79
Date: Dec 8, 1870

By party

Republicans78 yes · 57 no · 43 didn’t vote
Democrats19 yes · 18 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
Frank Morey R-LA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
Joseph Dixon R-NC voted no
John Manning Jr. D-NC voted no
Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
John Fox D-NY voted no
James Brooks D-NY voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
John Ashley Griswold D-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
William Mungen D-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
David Atwood R-WI voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI 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 amend H.R. 2295 by striking out the 13th…: House Vote, Dec 8, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-483/to-amend-h-r-2295-by-striking-out-the (accessed 2026-10-17).