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House recorded vote (41st Congress) · May 26, 1870
SJR121
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY PROVIDING THAT THE LAND GRANTS ARE MADE UPON THE CONDITION THAT CONGRESS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REGULATE AND LIMIT THE RATES OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS ON SAID WHENEVER IT SHALL BECOME…
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The map
How each state's members voted
In 4 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 14 every one voted no; 17 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: no member on this roll call
- Idaho: no member on this roll call
- Montana: no member on this roll call
- North Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 9 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 3 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 5 yes, 18 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 3 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 3 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 7 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 11 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 7 yes, 13 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 3 no
- California: 2 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 3 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 3 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 3 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 3 yes, 5 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: no member on this roll call
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 3 no
- Florida: 1 yes, 0 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 1 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Logan Holt Roots (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Boles (Republican) — NOT VOTING
California 2 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 3 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 1 yes, 0 no
Iowa 3 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Pomeroy (Republican) — YEA
- Francis Wayland Palmer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington McCrary (Republican) — YEA
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — YEA
- William Loughridge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Smyth (Republican) — NAY
Illinois 9 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Albert George Burr (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Burton Chauncey Cook (Republican) — YEA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll (Republican) — YEA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard (Republican) — YEA
- Jesse Hale Moore (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — NAY
- John Baldwin Hawley (Republican) — YEA
- John Breese Hay (Republican) — YEA
- John Franklin Farnsworth (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Montgomery Crebs (Democrat) — YEA
- Norman Buel Judd (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Scott Marshall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — YEA
- Thompson Ware McNeely (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 7 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Julian (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Godlove Stein Orth (Republican) — YEA
- James Noble Tyner (Republican) — YEA
- Jasper Packard (Republican) — YEA
- John Coburn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks (Republican) — YEA
- Michael Crawford Kerr (Democrat) — NAY
- William Ellis Niblack (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — YEA
- William Williams (Republican) — YEA
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 3 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Boyd Winchester (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Madison Adams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Burnie Beck (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Proctor Knott (Democrat) — YEA
- John McConnell Rice (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Horace Lewis (Democrat) — YEA
- Lawrence Strother Trimble (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Laurens Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Northcut Sweeney (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 3 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Merrick Brooks (Republican) — NAY
- Ginery Twichell (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — YEA
- James Buffinton (Republican) — YEA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks (Republican) — NAY
- Oakes Ames (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Hooper (Republican) — NAY
- William Barrett Washburn (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Stone (Democrat) — NAY
- Patrick Hamill (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Hambleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stevenson Archer (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Swann (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Andrew Peters (Republican) — NAY
- John Lynch (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Plummer Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 3 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- David Patterson Dyer (Republican) — YEA
- Erastus Wells (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (Republican) — YEA
- James Robinson McCormick (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joel Funk Asper (Republican) — YEA
- John Forbes Benjamin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Thompson van Horn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (Republican) — NAY
Mississippi 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
North Carolina 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Clinton Levering Cobb (Republican) — NAY
- David Heaton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Edwin Shober (Democrat) — NAY
- Israel George Lash (Republican) — NAY
- Oliver Hart Dockery (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no
- John Taffe (Republican) — NAY
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens (Republican) — YEA
- Jacob Benton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Hart Ela (Republican) — YEA
New Jersey 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Haight (Democrat) — NAY
- John Hill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Taylor Bird (Democrat) — NAY
- Orestes Cleveland (Democrat) — NAY
- William Moore (Republican) — YEA
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no
New York 5 yes, 18 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Addison Henry Laflin (Republican) — NAY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner (Republican) — NAY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Henry van Wyck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Knapp (Republican) — NAY
- Clarkson Nott Potter (Democrat) — YEA
- David Smith Bennett (Republican) — NAY
- Dennis McCarthy (Republican) — NAY
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Cowles (Republican) — YEA
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (Republican) — NAY
- Hamilton Ward (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Augustus Reeves (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Warner Slocum (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin (Democrat) — NAY
- James Brooks (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Ashley Griswold (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Charles Churchill (Republican) — NAY
- John Fisher (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Fox (Democrat) — NAY
- John Godfrey Schumaker (Democrat) — NAY
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — NAY
- John Morrissey (Democrat) — NAY
- Noah Davis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Orange Ferriss (Republican) — NAY
- Porter Sheldon (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — YEA
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham (Democrat) — NAY
- Stephen Sanford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Almon Wheeler (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Kelsey (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 11 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson (Democrat) — YEA
- Eliakim Hastings Moore (Republican) — YEA
- Erasmus Darwin Peck (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Morgan (Democrat) — NAY
- Jacob A. Ambler (Republican) — YEA
- James Abram Garfield (Republican) — YEA
- James January Winans (Republican) — YEA
- Job Evans Stevenson (Republican) — YEA
- John Armor Bingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Armstrong Smith (Republican) — YEA
- John Beatty (Republican) — YEA
- John Thomas Wilson (Republican) — YEA
- Martin Welker (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Wilson Strader (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Philadelph van Trump (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Cumming Schenck (Republican) — NAY
- William Hanford Upson (Republican) — YEA
- William Lawrence (Republican) — YEA
- William Mungen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 7 yes, 13 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor (Republican) — NAY
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Johnson Morrell (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Myers van Auken (Democrat) — NAY
- Darwin Phelps (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Woodward (Democrat) — YEA
- Glenni William Scofield (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Lutz Cake (Republican) — NAY
- James Lawrence Getz (Democrat) — NAY
- James Scott Negley (Republican) — NAY
- John Black Packer (Republican) — YEA
- John Cessna (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Covode (Republican) — NAY
- John Dodson Stiles (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Benton Donley (Republican) — YEA
- Leonard Myers (Republican) — NAY
- Oliver James Dickey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Jackson Randall (Democrat) — YEA
- Ulysses Mercur (Republican) — YEA
- Washington Townsend (Republican) — NAY
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — NAY
- William Hepburn Armstrong (Republican) — NAY
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Allen Jenckes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 3 yes, 5 no
- Horace Maynard (Republican) — NAY
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins (Republican) — YEA
- Lewis Tillman (Republican) — NAY
- Roderick Randum Butler (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Mayes Arnell (Republican) — YEA
- William Brickly Stokes (Republican) — NAY
- William Farrand Prosser (Republican) — NAY
- William Jay Smith (Republican) — YEA
Texas 1 yes, 3 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Howell Porter (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George William Booker (Conservative) — NAY
- James Henry Platt Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James King Gibson (Conservative) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis McKenzie (Conservative) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Small Ayer (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Ridgway (Conservative) — NOT VOTING
- William Milnes Jr. (Conservative) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Wisconsin 3 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
West Virginia 3 yes, 0 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 230 members
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