House roll call 294 · 39th Congress · Jul 5, 1866
To amend H. R. 753, providing for an explanation of an act to amend an act to aid in the construction of a railroad and a telegraph line from the mo. River to t
On Jul 5, 1866, the House voted 71–67 (HR 753). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–58, Democrats 20–7, Others 7–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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
- 71
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Jul 5, 1866
By party
- Republicans44 yes · 58 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 7 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA voted yes
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- Stephen Taber D-NY voted no
- Nelson Taylor D-NY voted no
- William Radford D-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted yes
- Columbus Delano R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted yes
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Charles Upson 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
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller 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
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Harrison Randall O-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
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- George Robert Latham O-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- 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
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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