House roll call 508 · 39th Congress · Feb 6, 1867
To table H.R. 889, a bill to regulate the civil service of United States and promote the efficiency thereof. (p. 1036)
On Feb 6, 1867, the House voted 72–66 (HR 889). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 46–53, Democrats 21–9, Others 5–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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
- 66
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Feb 6, 1867
By party
- Republicans46 yes · 53 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Democrats21 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- Anthony Thornton D-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted yes
- Ralph Hill R-IN voted yes
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ voted yes
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ voted no
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY voted no
- John Ward Hunter D-NY voted no
- Nelson Taylor D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Morris R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- Columbus Delano R-OH voted yes
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-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
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- 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
- Sidney Perham 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
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-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
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins O-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Wentworth R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames 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
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley 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
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Edmund Cooper O-TN
- John William Leftwich O-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
Did not vote
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- John Hogan D-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell O-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- George Robert Latham O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Other votes
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