House roll call 303 · 39th Congress · Jul 10, 1866
To amend H. R. 718, by providing a duty of $.50 per 100 pounds on iron bars for railroads on inclined planes made to pattern and ready to lay down, instead of $
On Jul 10, 1866, the House voted 57–90 (HR 718). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 34–73, Democrats 22–8, Others 1–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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
- 57
- No
- 90
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Jul 10, 1866
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 73 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA voted yes
- John Adam Kasson 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
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll 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
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL voted yes
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted no
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
- Myer Strouse D-PA voted no
- Philip Johnson D-PA voted no
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees 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
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Hogan D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Samuel Mckee 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
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-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
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- 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
- 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
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- George Robert Latham O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-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
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- 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 Augustus Darling R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver 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
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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