House roll call 170 · 39th Congress · Apr 18, 1866
To table a motion to reconsider the vote by which H. R. 278 was rejected. (p. 2026)
On Apr 18, 1866, the House voted 55–62 (HR 278). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 37–48, Democrats 15–7, Others 3–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- 55
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Apr 18, 1866
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 48 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 7 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT voted yes
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John Wentworth R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- Nelson Taylor D-NY voted no
- William Earle Dodge R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR voted yes
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- George Robert Latham O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- William Higby R-CA
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- John Hogan D-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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