To pass H.J. RES. 428 (16 stat 589, 12/20/70), a bill relating to the erection of buildings at washington centre market to meet needs of public. (p. 171-2)

On Dec 19, 1870, the House voted 106–79 (HJR 428). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 78–58, Democrats 23–21, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 79 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: 106
No: 79
Did not vote: 71
Date: Dec 19, 1870

By party

Republicans78 yes · 58 no · 42 didn’t vote
Democrats23 yes · 21 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
Albert George Burr D-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
Boyd Winchester D-KY voted no
Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted no
John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
Isaac Harding Duval R-WV 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 H.J. RES. 428 (16 stat 589…: House Vote, Dec 19, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-491/to-pass-h-j-res-428-16-stat-589 (accessed 2026-10-17).