House roll call 488 · 41st Congress · Dec 13, 1870
To amend H.R. 2295 by repealing laws granting franking privileges. (p. 46-3)
On Dec 13, 1870, the House voted 103–64 (HR 2295). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 78–49, Democrats 23–12, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 61 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
- 103
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 89
- Date
- Dec 13, 1870
By party
- Republicans78 yes · 49 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 12 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted no
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
- Joseph Dixon R-NC voted no
- John Manning Jr. D-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ voted no
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY voted no
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler 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
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted no
- Edward Degener R-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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian 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
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- 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
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- 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
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- 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 Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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