House roll call 237 · 39th Congress · May 28, 1866
To amend H. R. 513, by eliminating from section 65 all that would authorize appointment of a special commissioner of the revenue whose duty it should be to inqu
On May 28, 1866, the House voted 51–75 (HR 513). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 39–56, Democrats 10–15, Others 2–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 49 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
- 51
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- May 28, 1866
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 56 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY voted yes
- Aaron Harding D-KY voted yes
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Charles Upson 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
- Nelson Taylor D-NY voted yes
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
- William Radford D-NY voted yes
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper 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
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Hogan D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- George Robert Latham O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes 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
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
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