House roll call 86 · 41st Congress · Dec 9, 1869
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 424, a bill to provide for taking the ninth census of the U.S. And fix the number of representatives and provide
On Dec 9, 1869, the House voted 62–105. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–97, Democrats 37–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 62
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 89
- Date
- Dec 9, 1869
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 97 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Democrats37 yes · 8 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted no
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- William Mungen D-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Patrick Hamill 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
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham 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
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- 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
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-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
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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