House roll call 135 · 39th Congress · Mar 21, 1866
To amend H. R. 11 (14 stat 66, 6/15/1866), a bill to facilitate commercial, postal, and military communication among the several states, by providing that hte r
On Mar 21, 1866, the House voted 73–62 (HR 11). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 70–29, Democrats 0–30, Others 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 members voted against their own party.
During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 73
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Mar 21, 1866
By party
- Republicans70 yes · 29 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 30 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA voted no
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ voted no
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY voted no
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Hogan D-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Edmund Cooper O-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell O-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins O-TN
- John William Leftwich O-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- George Robert Latham O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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