House roll call 401 · 39th Congress · Dec 12, 1866
To amend H. R. 664 by inserting a section providing that heads of departments of government shall hold their offices for time during official term of President
On Dec 12, 1866, the House voted 77–81 (HR 664). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 73–44, Democrats 0–30, Others 4–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- 77
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Dec 12, 1866
By party
- Republicans73 yes · 44 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 30 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA voted no
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted no
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted no
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN voted no
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN 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
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO voted no
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY voted no
- William Earle Dodge 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
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Bidwell R-CA
- John Henry Hubbard 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
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- 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 Russell Kelso O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes 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
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes 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
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell O-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Edmund Cooper O-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Hogan D-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins O-TN
- John William Leftwich O-TN
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- George Robert Latham O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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