House roll call 83 · 39th Congress · Feb 20, 1866
To excuse MR johnson from voting because he is already paired. (p. 946-2)
On Feb 20, 1866, the House voted 83–49. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 66–29, Democrats 13–15, Others 4–5. 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
- 83
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Feb 20, 1866
By party
- Republicans66 yes · 29 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE voted yes
- John Wentworth R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY voted yes
- Henry Grider D-KY voted yes
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO voted no
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ voted no
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ voted yes
- Nelson Taylor D-NY voted yes
- William Augustus Darling R-NY voted no
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY voted no
- Daniel Morris R-NY voted no
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH voted no
- William Edward Finck D-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR voted no
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted yes
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- 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
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- George Robert Latham O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Wentworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- William Higby R-CA
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- John Hogan D-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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