House roll call 47 · 39th Congress · Jan 29, 1866
To adjourn while considering H. J. RES. 51, a resolution proposing an amendment to the United States constitution, relating to the basis of representation. (p.
On Jan 29, 1866, the House voted 66–41 (HJR 51). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 36–40, Democrats 25–0, Others 5–1. 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
- 66
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 92
- Date
- Jan 29, 1866
By party
- Republicans36 yes · 40 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted yes
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Humphrey R-NY voted yes
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted yes
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- Columbus Delano R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Hogan D-MO
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper 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
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver 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
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- George Robert Latham O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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