House roll call 252 · 39th Congress · Jun 8, 1866
To pass H. R. 276 (14 stat 434, 3/2/1867), a bill to establish a national bureau of education. (p. 3051-2)
On Jun 8, 1866, the House voted 59–61 (HR 276). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 53–33, Democrats 0–27, Others 7–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 59
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Jun 8, 1866
By party
- Republicans53 yes · 33 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 27 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL 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
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI voted no
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ voted no
- James Humphrey R-NY voted no
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY voted no
- Roswell Hart R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
- Columbus Delano R-OH voted no
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA voted no
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- George Robert Latham O-WV
Did not vote
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Hogan D-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead 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
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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