House roll call 311 · 39th Congress · Jul 11, 1866
To pass S. 357 (14 stat 221, 7/24/1866), a bill to aid in the construction of telegraph lines and secure to the government the use of same for postal, military
On Jul 11, 1866, the House voted 72–62 (S 357). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 64–34, Democrats 2–24, Others 6–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 72
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Jul 11, 1866
By party
- Republicans64 yes · 34 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 24 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 4 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- John Wentworth R-IL voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD voted yes
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ voted no
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY voted no
- William Augustus Darling R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd 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
- Daniel Morris R-NY voted no
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
- Roswell Hart R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- 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
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Hamilton Ward 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
- James Mitchell Ashley 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
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- George Robert Latham O-WV
Did not vote
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- John Hogan D-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- James Humphrey R-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver 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
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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