House roll call 281 · 39th Congress · Jun 26, 1866
To pass S. 317 (14 stat 79, 7/3/1866), a bill to amend an act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the mo. River to the pacific ocea
On Jun 26, 1866, the House voted 98–36 (S 317). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 63–33, Democrats 27–4, Others 9–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 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
- 98
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 63
- Date
- Jun 26, 1866
By party
- Republicans63 yes · 33 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted no
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA voted no
- John Wentworth R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell 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
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Nelson Taylor D-NY voted no
- William Radford D-NY voted no
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY voted no
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted no
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Hogan D-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker 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
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- George Robert Latham O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- 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 Wentworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- 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
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- Thomas Williams 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
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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